Stone Animal Sculptures

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 ...

A charming and whimsical pair of Italian hand-carved stone lions. Italy, early 20th century Size: 6" high x 12 1/4" wide x 3 1/2" deep

A vintage French painted seated deer sculpture cast in reconstituted stone from the mid 20th century. This French painted statue features a quietly seated deer, with its ears and eye...

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...

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...

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,...

Black pottery bear with a brown band inset with turquoise and coral stones, 1989. Signed "Juan Tafoya." Juan Tafoya (1949-2006) was a well-known San Ildefonso Pueblo potter. Coral wa...

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...

Bengal Tiger sculpture by Santini made of silver electroplated cast composite and mounted on wooden base.

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...

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

Bronze lizard, as if exposing itself to the rays of the sun, on an onyx base It is necessary to note the very beautiful details in the realization of the lizard, the finesse of the ...

Tessellated coral stone and brass angel fish sculpture on stand by Maitland Smith, circa 1970s. The piece is in very good vintage condition and measures 9....

Handcrafted. Practical size sculpture of imperator Napoleon Bonaparte. If you are a collector of good quality antiques having to do with (French) historical figures then this rare a...

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

Studio Artist Pam Foss Racehorse Head with Blinker Hood in Bronze Formica Stone Wood Bronze Sculpture Signed and numbered by artist Pam Foss 6.75...

It is a singular piece, it is not common Table lamp Art Deco marble sphere with interior light with bronze eagle Hollow alabaster sphere with interior light and crowned by a bron...

500-600 year old sculpture of 'Hanuman', the Hindu monkey god, carved in sandstone. From temple in Burma, 15-16th century or even older. In very good condit...

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

Good condition

A Curtis Jere pair of bronze cranes on stone table sculpture. This wonderful vintage mid century table sculpture features a very dynamic composition of cranes stand on a stone. Each ...

French Gothic Stone Lion. a reclining stone lion with shaped base, 15th Century. Found at St. Sulpice. Height: overall 7 in. x Width: 11 in. x Depth: 6 1/2 in.

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, ...

Beautiful, rare and large Murano hand blown crystal clear, controlled bubbles and gold flecks Italian art glass duck sculpture, with candleholder on the head. The piece is attributed...

Leo Sewell (b. 1945) is an American "found object" artist. His creations of recycled material are in numerous museums and in private collections worldwide. Sewell was born in Annapo...

Whimsical silver bird with natural quartz crystal.

Amazing and rare set of three Carrara white marble sculptures. Fratelli Mannelli designed this fantastic set in Italy during the 1970s. There are three elements in this set: an elephant, a giraffe and a camel. This set is extremely rare because of the material. For this set high-quality white Carrara marble was used, while normally, the Mannelli sculptures were made in travertine marble. A wonderful set of sculptures...

This Hummingbird carving is a unique piece of art, carved from museum-quality fluorite, with garnet eyes and a carnelian beak. The hummingbird is perched atop an amethyst geode matri...

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

A handsome and chic hand carved quartz horse head bust with gilded mount on acrylic base.

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...

Nature has always been a source of inspiration for artists. GORDON GU recreates through the artist's deep understanding of nature through the intentions of n...

Large Vintage Concrete Scottish Terrier Statue A Majestic Vintage Find This impressive vintage concrete Scottish Terrier statue is a stunning addition...

A pair of soapstone Buddhist lions Each finely carved seated on its haunches with a fierce expression, modelled in mirror image seated on a rectangu...

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...

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...

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...

Nice set of three tavertine horses designed by Enzo Mari and prodused by Fratelli Mannelli in Italy in the 1970s.

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...

Jadeite Bird Figurine on Hand-Carved Trunk and Wooden Base

This blue crystal bird, created by Jaime Hayon for Baccarat in 2020, is part of the Faunacrystopolis collection. This remarkable piece embodies Baccarat's characteristic elegance and...

A beautiful frosted crystal perch fish sculpture on base by Lalique of France , circa 1990s. This gorgeous piece is in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks and measure...

A superb Irénée Rochard Art Nouveau period African elephant sculpture from France circa 1920. Patinated bronze on an onyx and marble base. S...

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-...

Pair of Art Deco stylized brown onyx horses head bookends. Vintage set of bookends, hand carved in brown onyx. Hermes style horses, great mo...

Aurelio Teno (1927/2013) Owl-shaped sculpture, natural stone and Bronze. Superb sculpture from the 70s by Aurelio Teno, of brutalist inspiration, made from a block of natural quartz,...

Strikingly beautiful midcentury brutalist sculpture of birds in flight. Base 12” W x 7” D In the style of Bijan Bhan, no signature but attributed to him. Base is stone (agate) and ...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely vintage Malachite statue of a young Elephant with the trunk rais...

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...

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...

Travertine marble elephant minimal and rational sculpture.

This is a Lalique frosted and clear crystal rabbit “Cesar” figurine. The rabbit is lying down with its straight up ears in alert position and very large...

A pair of reclining lion bookends, a stunning pair with the look of limestone, but a composition material. The pair are of good weight for those larger bo...

The Carved Marble Seated Estate Lions (21st Century) are majestic sculptures designed to bring an air of grandeur and protection to any estate or garden. Handcrafted from high-qualit...

A stunning 2.7 lb, all natural agate horse bust. The sculpture preserved the original characters of the gem stone with amazing crystal formations. Great de...

Fish 1 - Sculpture on volcanic stone from upper Latium , glazed , decorated and baked at 1,000 degrees. placed on a base of Roman travertine and iron ▪ Made in Italy weight kg kg 5...

Presenting an absolutely stunning large Huntsman with his hounds bronze sculpture by PJ Mene 1869. This is a large sculpture weighing over 175 lbs. It featur...

Highly distinctive and unique, this cylindrical paperweight is decorated on its upper surface with exquisitely detailed sculptural relief: a dove in flight, shown flying over a cluster of clouds and the word "FLIGHT." Although it shows a beautiful bird, storied in mythology and literature, this sculpture also hints at the flight of man, and the curving sides of the piece are decorated with Art Deco geometric forms, sharply incised into the stone. The artist was Brenda Putnam, who used this same image for one side of her well-known bronze medal, also entitled "Flight", issued in 1941 by the Society of Medalists...