Marble Animal Sculptures

Unmatching pair of bronze dove bird sculptures or paperweights. France, 1930s Art Deco sitting dove bird and standing dove bird figurines on black marble pedestals. Measures: Sta...

This is a set of Art Deco bookends featuring Scottish Terriers. The Scottie is very detailed and the silvered bronze patina is a great. The base is a dark green marble that just makes those dogs "pop". Wonderful cast silvered Bronze scottie dog bookends...

Pair of bookends in red veined Verona marble with an orthogonal L shaped structure, on the marble base there are two identical sculptures in white metal, depicting two Swallow birds....

A solid aluminum stylized parrot on a perch sculpture by Curtis Jeré. The elongated curved feathers are elegantly dramatic. Square marble base with brass finishing detail. This item ...

Rene Papa, French sculptor 19th - 20th century bronze sculpture, 1930s. A bronze with green patina sculpture of birds flying on a sea wave o...

Ouganda, Art Deco style sculpture by Max Le Verrier with foundry mark. Designed ca. 1920/1930. Posthumous contemporary cast at the Max Le Verrier foundry in Paris. Handcrafted. 
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Accessorize a man's office with this antique bronze dog sculpture. Created in France, circa 1890, the sculpture stands on a grey marble top; it feat...

Michel Decoux, (1837-1924),a Belgian sculptor. Art Deco sculpture of a roaring stag in silver-patinated bronze on a black marble base. 1910/1920s. ...

This piece is simply a show stopper when it comes to unique decor finds. It's the piece in your home that guests are drawn to because of its majestic beauty and owners find themselve...

Set of 4 elephants sculpture travertine by Fratelli Mannelli Manufactured in Italy, circa 1970. In original condition with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a be...

Beautiful bronze statue by the austrian sculptor and artist Adolf Josef Pohl (born in Vienna April 27th 1872 – July 25th 1930). Depiction of a standing blacksmith in the typical wo...

This striking brass antelope/kudu bust is very reminiscent of noted designer Karl Springer's work. An impressive and heavy brass sculpted antelope's head sits on a double ogee black ...

Very stylish and rare matching pair of Art Deco bookends. These are a great find and in exceptional condition. Originating from France and dating to the 1930s both stand on marble ba...

Bronze and marble rod of Aesculapius, France, 1990s It is an ancient Greek symbol associated with medicine. It consists of a snake coiled around a rod. It symbolizes the health arts,...

A Bronze sculpture of a lying Spitz dag. The bronze has a warm brown patina. On a Nero Portoro Marble plinth. Beautiful quality, very refined bronze with great attention to detail. ...

A late 19th Century, antique Italian horse head sculpture with harness and mane in a classic style. This statuette was carved by hand in Carrara Marble. It has its’ original antique ...

ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE French, 1795-1875 "Tigre Qui Marche" Patinated bronze Signed in base "BARYE", incised "F. BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR, FRANCE" conceived 1841, cast circa 1880-1900 Item # 110UGP10Q Barye's ability to merge our romantic idealization of nature with a colder reality of nature's predator is beautifully represented in this striding cat. Originally conceived in 1841, Tigre Qui Marche (Walking Tiger...

Bronze sculpture with green and dark brown patina image of a young woman embracing a lamb, signed by Ary Bitter, on a green black marble stand. Ary Bitter (1883–1973) was a French artist, best known for his animal sculptures. He was a designer, painter, and sculptor in various mediums including plaster, stone, terracotta and bronze. His work was also produced in biscuit by the Sèvres factory. Ary Jean Léon Bitter was born in Marseille in 1883. In 1895 he enrolled at the Marseille Beaux Arts and was taught by Émile Aldebert...

Fine Bronze of a small bull on a black belgian marble base. The Original Bronze figure propably dates from the Art Nouveau or early Art Déco period in France. These small bronzes wer...

This exquisite Inuit carved stone sculpture features a beautifully detailed seal, masterfully crafted from a solid piece of stone. The piece is mounted on a sleek black marble pedest...

A pair of patinated guard dogs for your books. Marble base steadies the books, so dogs appear to be jumping, rather than pressing against the books. A compliment to any bookshelf.  

Art deco sculpture in Bronze Rudolf Pauschinger Pauschinger (1882-1957) worked as a sculptor and medalist in Stuttgart; from 1910 he wa...

A pair of opposing foo lions with elaborately carved curled fur and seated on bases. One places a paw on a ball, the other on an upside down baby foo lion. Overall fine time worn sur...

Candle holder in travertine marble by Fratelli Mannell, in the shape of a swan, Italy, 1970s.

An early 20th century Silverplated Lion. This particular example very well modelled. Mounted over a Portoro Italian marble base. Perfect size to...

Modernist parrot sculpture by Hattakitkosol Somchai circa 1970s Solid bronze parrot on perch mounted to white marble base Signed and numbered 5.5 inch width 5 inch depth 14 inch he...

This striking pair of carved marble standing estate lions exudes strength and grandeur, making them the perfect guardians for any estate or garden. Crafted in the 20th century, these...

Intricately detailed mythological winged Pegasus with variations in patina throughout. Stands on a contemporary marble base. This large stallion with wings is bronze and signed by Laszlo Ispanky. Pegasus' have been a mainstay of fantasy art and called the horse creature of Greek mythology. Bronze Pegasus...

Italian gilt bronze sculpture of an eagle on a rectangular white Carrera piece of marble. The high quality of the gilt work and the early age makes the eagl...

A beautiful pair of bronze greyhound sculptures on marble created by sculptor Pierre Jules Mene (1810-1879). Impressed signed "P.J. MEN...

20th century cast bronze statue of a cherub angel signed by Ferdinando de Luca, Italy Beautiful statue with a cherub and two devils with impresionant faces featuring a minotaur’s m...

Lost wax casting. Base in marble. On the square base rises a rock formation treated so that it resembles ice in and snow. Above it, the polar bear is placed, which stretches its head...

This 20th-century thoroughbred horse portrait captures the elegance and noble spirit of one of the most celebrated equine breeds. Expertly sculpted with a keen eye for anatomical det...

Italian marble sculpture of a lion on the hunt by Joseph Frugoni (1897-1923). In very good condition.

La Panthère is a magnificent animalier sculpture from the Art Deco period. It was made by Maurice Prost an edited by SUSSE Frères fondeurs à Paris. This pi...

Green patina bronze sculpture featuring two seagulls, signed G H LAURENT. Reveyrolis Paris, France, 1930.

Stylish pair of Art Deco silvered panther leopard bookends signed by the French artist Maurice Frecourt, circa 1930. The sculptures are mounted on fin...

Large French Eagle on a Belgian Black Marble Stand, circa 1880-1900. This amazing Eagle sculpture is made in a solid bronze that still has the original patina, with a unbeatable age-...

Very beautiful pair of Art Deco bronze bookends with stretching cats on a black marble base. The pair is signed by Louis Riche (1877-1949), a famous French animalier who specialized ...

Art Deco Georges H. Laurent horse bookends bronze sculpture. c 1925 France. A stunning pair of art deco stylized bookends. Silvered plated bronze Both signed. Mounted over black mar...

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Sea monster Carrara marble mouth fountain Italy, late 16th century It measures 13.8 x 31.5 x 18.9 in (35 x 80 x 48 cm) State of conservation: some small evident gaps and widespread signs of wear due to outdoor exposure. The gray marks crossing it do not come from restoration, but are rather the natural veins of the marble. This work has some morphological characteristics typically associated with the iconography of the sea monster: an elongated muzzle, sharp teeth, protruding eyes, elongated ears, and a coiled serpent's tail. An in-depth series of studies on artistic depictions of the sea monster attempted to verify how this symbol evolved in antiquity in the European and Mediterranean contexts and how it gradually changed its image and function over time. The iconography itself is mutable and imaginative and its history is rich with cultural and artistic exchange, as well as the overlapping of ideas. This occurred so much that it is difficult to accurately pinpoint the "types" that satisfactorily represent its various developments. However, we can try to summarize the main figures, starting from the biblical Leviathan and the marine creature that swallowed Jonah (in the Christian version, this figure was to become a whale or a "big fish", the “ketos mega”, translation of the Hebrew “dag gadol”). Other specimens ranged from the dragons mentioned in the Iliad (which were winged and had legs) to "ketos” (also from Greek mythology), the terrifying being from whose Latinized name (“cetus”) derives the word "cetacean". See J. Boardman, “Very Like a Whale” - Classical Sea Monsters, in Monsters and Demons in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds, in Papers presented in Honor of Edith Porada, Mainz am Rhein 1987, pp. 73-84). In Italy the monster underwent yet further variations: it can be found in Etruscan art on the front of some sarcophagi representing the companion of souls, while among the Romans we find the “Pistrice” (cited by Plinio in Naturalis Historia PLIN., Nat., II 9, 8 and by Virgilio in Eneide: VERG., Aen., III, 427), which appeared in the shape of a stylized hippocampus or a very large monstrous cetacean and evolved into a hideous being with a dragon's head and long webbed fins. During the Middle Ages, the sea monster was the object of new transformations: at this time, it is often winged, the head is stretched like a crocodile, the front legs are often very sharp fins - sometimes real paws - until the image merges with dragons, the typical figures of medieval visionary spirituality widely found throughout Europe (on this topic and much more, see: Baltrušaitis, J., Il Medioevo fantastico. Antichità ed esotismi nell’arte gotica, Gli Adelphi 1997). In Italy during the 15th and 16th centuries, the revival of classicism - representative of the humanistic and Renaissance periods - led to a different reading of these "creatures". Indeed, the sea monster was also to find widespread use as an isolated decorative motif, especially in numerous fountains and sculptures where dolphins or sea monsters were used as a characterizing element linked to water (on this theme see: Chet Van Duzer, Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps, London, The British library, 2013). From the morphological point of view, the "sea monsters" of this period are mostly depicted as hybrid figures, in which the body of a mythological or real being (a hippocampus, a sea snake, a dolphin), is joined to a head with a rather indistinct appearance. It was usually characterized by large upright ears, an elongated snout, sharp teeth and globular, protruding eyes; a complex and indefinite figure, both from the symbolic point of view and from that of its genesis. The work we are examining is placed as a cross between the medieval sea serpent and the Renaissance dolphin, with stylistic features which recall the snake as often used in heraldry (such as the "snake" depicted in the coat of arms of the Visconti - the lords and then dukes of Milan between 1277 and 1447 - and which, for some, may be derived from the representations of the “Pistrice” that swallowed Jonah). In the search for sources, Renaissance cartography and in particular woodcuts should not be neglected. See for example the monsters of Olaus Magnus, from the editions of the “Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus” (“History of the peoples of the north”) and the natural histories of Conrad Gesner, Ulisse...

This beautiful Art Deco polar bear figurine is a masterpiece of craftsmanship and design. Made of high-quality Metal, this statue has a beautiful brown patina that shows off the eleg...

This is a beautifully sculpted pair of decorative composite marble lions with balls from the originals at Villa Medici, Rome, dating from the last quarter of the 20th century. They ...

Discover elegance and sophistication in this exquisite decorative sculpture, meticulously crafted in the mid-20th century in the Art Deco style. This sculpture features a stunning horse head intricately carved from heavy cut rock crystal, known for its clarity and brilliance, set atop a square brown marble base. The contrast between the crystal and marble enhances its visual appeal, adding a touch of luxury and refinement to any space. The craftsmanship is impeccable, with intricate details that capture the essence of the horse's strength and grace. The smooth contours and sharp lines of the equine form highlight the artist's skill in sculpting such a dynamic subject. In pristine condition, this sculpture shows no signs of chips, cracks, or repairs, preserving its original beauty and integrity. It measures approximately 10 inches wide by 9 inches high, with a depth of 4 inches, while the square marble base measures about 6 inches by 6 inches. Ideal for collectors of Art Deco or Mid-Century Modern art, this piece serves as both a striking decorative accent and a testament to the era's commitment to artistic expression and craftsmanship. Display it prominently in a living room, study, or office to evoke a sense of timeless elegance and sophistication. Embrace the allure of mid-century modern design with this exceptional hand-carved rock crystal horse head sculpture...

A French “Jockey à Cheval” sculpture from the Napoleon III period crafted in gilt and patinated bronze, depicting a jockey and his faithful horse in fine detail. The piece rests on a...

A Monumental and Life-Sized 19th Century Italian Pair of Patinated Bronze Greyhound Dogs on Stepped Marble Plinths. Each dog is naturalistically seen standing on a pair of stepped, ...

This is a heavy patinated bronze sculpture of a “Paso Fino”horse. “Paso Fino” means a horse with a fine step. These horses have a unique and natural smooth gait since birth. It depicts a large hairy proud horse with strong stamina that is starting its smooth gait. It is showing expressive eyes, a wavy mane and large tail. The horse sculpture is attached to a heavy large black oval marble base by two long screws with nuts. Paso Fino horses originated from centuries of selective breeding by Spanish...

Unique and amazing 19th century mantel clock garniture. If you are looking for a one of a kind and truly spectacular clock to grace your living space then this work of beauty could ...

A fine pair of French 19th century Rouge-Royal marble and figural gilt bronze-mounted flambeaux urns surmounted with four ormolu figures of dolphins supporting the center urn with th...

Signed: BERNI Art Deco. Spelter Bonzed Representation of Bloodhound On Onyx & Marble Base. Stunning French Art Deco In Good condition Sculpture is Spelter, a traditional metal A...

Signed Mid Century Modern Seagull Sculpture. Nice decorative abstract table top sculpture of a flock of Seagulls on a marble base. Signature...

Art Deco sculpture two greyhounds signed by Plagnet. Art metal with silver patina on a Belgian Black marble base. France 1930.

Pair of French Lion and Tiger Bookends A pair of bookends. Each bookend features a metallic sculpture of a big cat, with one being a lion and the other a tiger. The sculptures are mo...

Alabaster sculpture of two eagles fighting, signed C. Olivieri, with marble pedestal, Italy, circa 1900. Pedestal in marble dimensions: 115 cm hei...

Silver sculpture of a doe scratching itself, mounted on a dark green marble base. Created by renowned Italian modernist animal sculptor Sirio Tofanari (1886-1969), known for his high...

A pair of stylised tessellated marble and brass perched birds by Maitland Smith USA circa 1980.

A pair of 20th century, Italian silver Lionfish, by Mario Buccellati from Milan. The realistically modeled fish detachable from the silver seaweed mounted on the fossilized marble ba...