Polyester Animal Sculptures

Stunning religious wall panel in thick relief with strong hook for easy mounting. For the collectors of stunning antique church relics we are also offering this marvelously hand carved pelican sculpture for wall mounting. The character ascribed to the pelican in this context is nearly as fabulous as that of the phœnix. From a clumsy, gluttonous, piscivorous water-bird, it was by the growth of legends transformed into a mystic emblem of Christ, whom Dante terms "Nostro Pelicano". St. Hieronymus gives the story of the pelican restoring its young ones destroyed by serpents as an illustration of the destruction of man by the old Serpent, and his salvation by the blood of Christ. The pelican in Christian art is an emblem of Jesus Christ, by "whose blood we are healed" and it is also a symbol of charity. Many early painters and carvers mistakenly represented it more similar to an eagle (much like in this antique church relic), and not as a natural pelican which is why most people today still are a bit confused at first when this stunning hand carved, symbolic bird is called a pelican. This striking and all hand carved, symbolic panel was originally part of a church or monastery communion rail...

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Fossilised Skin of a Brachylophosaurus Approx. 80 Million y/o An exceptional specimen of fossilised dinosaur skin, preserving the hexagonal scales of...

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Offered is a Mid-Century Modern Greek patinated sculpture. This Etruscan Greek Statue is an iconic Mid-Century Modern item of decor. It would look fabulous on a console table, in a b...

18th century portuguese pair of polychrome sculptures of warriors on pedestal.

Porcelain sculpture of an African rhino with an innovative decoration. This porcelain creation portrays the African rhinoceros, one of the most magnifice...

Hand-carved Taisho period netsuke depicting a tiger with its head over its shoulder. The word netsuke is formed using the symbol ne (根) meaning “root" and tsuke (付) meaning “attach...

This exquisite sculpture, crafted from precious white Italian marble, captures the head of a young Bacchus, the Roman deity known for his association with wine, grape harvests, and t...

Stunning vintage Italian carved carrara marble sculpture or statue of David. Offered is a good sized well executed marble figure of David as a youth, copied from the original by Mic...

Solid teak hand carved hippopotamus sculpture.