Glazed Animal Sculptures

Step into the enchanted world of Edna Cataldo's imagination with her bighorn ram creation. A captivating sculpture that blurs the lines between art and function. Inspired by the icon...

Introducing the Wiseman Ceramics Rhino Bust, a stunning piece hand-sculpted by Thabo Mbhele and painted by Wiseman Ndlovu. Part of the prestigious Big Five Collection, this captivati...

1988 Tony Evans Raku Big Bear Sculpture  Signed 'Evans,88' A remarkable 1988 The Tony Evans Raku Big Bear Sculpture is an exquisite piece of artistry. ...

Royal Copenhagen, porcelain dog, standing boxer. Design by Holger Christensen (1890-1966). Model number 3634. Mid-20th century. First factory quality. Perfect condition. Marked. Dime...

Italian glazed ceramic fish sculpture by the eccentric ceramics genius Ivo De Santis for his Gli Etruschi pottery (1950 to 1980) in Florence. Unsi...

Vintage Large Hatching Fish Egg Sculpture Figuring, Nine Colorful Fish Figuring Sticking out of an Egg with Cracks by the Artist Sergio Bustamente, c...

Fun blue ceramic "William the Hippo" sculpture by Metropolitan Museum, circa 1990s. The piece is in very good vintage condition and measures 8"W x 3"D x 4.5"H; part of the permanent ...

Fritz and Ilse Pfeffer, Gotha, Germany. Porcelain figurine of a seated dog. The figurine was produced between the years 1900 and 1934. In beautiful condition with a firing flaw on ...

Introducing the extraordinary Elephant Vase designed by Wiseman Ndlovu, a vibrant celebration of African wildlife and artistry. Standing at an impressiv...

Bing & Grøndahl, porcelain figurine of a Cocker Spaniel. Model number 2172. Approximately from the 1930s. First factory quality. Perfect condition. Marked. Dimensions: Height 8.0 cm ...

Dahl-Jensen for Bing & Grøndahl. Small porcelain figurine of a sitting Pekingese dog. Model 1986. 1920s/1930s. First factory quality. Perfect condition. Marked. Dimensions: Height 6....

A vintage pottery Cocker Spaniel figurine of the "Kennel" series, designed by Lisa Larson for Gustavsberg in the 1970s. Manufacturer: Gustavsberg, Sweden Design: Lisa Larson Marks: ...

Bing & Grøndahl, small porcelain figurine of a Sealyham Terrier. Model 2071. Approximately from the 1930s. Second factory quality. Perfect condition. Marked. Dimensions: Height 6.5 c...

Bing & Grøndahl, porcelain figurine of a Wire Fox Terrier. Model number 1998. 1920s/30s. First factory quality. Perfect condition. Marked. Dimensions: Height 15.0 cm x Length 13.7 cm.

Dahl Jensen, porcelain figurine of a Sealyham Terrier. Model number 1002. Designed by Jens Peter Dahl Jensen (1874-1960). Approximately from the 1930s. First factory quality. Perfect...

This sizable ceramic and well executed Cheetah sculpturedates to approximately 1960 and done in the period Mid-Century Modern style. The sculpture is done in a detailed molded cerami...

Dahl Jensen, porcelain figurine of a Pekingese. Model number 1146. Designed by Jens Peter Dahl Jensen (1874-1960). Approximately from the 1930s. First factory quality. Perfect condit...

Dahl Jensen, porcelain figurine of a Pekingese puppy. Designed by Jens Peter Dahl Jensen (1874-1960). Model number 1134. Approximately from the 1930s. First factory quality. Perfect ...

Standout mid century Italian elephant sculpture crafted in terracotta, hand decorated and glazed. Trunk up for good luck.

Royal Copenhagen, porcelain figurine of a setter with pheasant. Model number 1533. Designed by Knud Møller. Dating: 1969-1974. First factory quality. Perfect condition. Marked. Dimen...

Bing & Grøndahl, porcelain figurine of a pointer puppy. Model number 2026. Designed by Lauritz Jensen. Approximately from the 1960s. First factory quality. Perfect condition. Marked....

Bing & Grøndahl, porcelain figurine of a Sealyham Terrier puppy. Model number 2027. 1920s/30s. First factory quality. Perfect condition. Marked. Dimensions: Height 9.0 cm x Length 13...

To keep her elaborate hairstyle intact while sleeping, a well-to-do Qing-dynasty woman once used this ceramic headrest as a pillow. The headrest is shaped as a crouching house cat, w...

Dahl Jensen, porcelain figurine of a Scottish Terrier. Model number 1094. Design by Jens Peter Dahl Jensen (1874-1960). Approximately from the 1930s. First factory quality. Perfect c...

Introducing the Wiseman Ceramics Leopard Bust, a stunning piece hand-sculpted by Thabo Mbhele and painted by Wiseman Ndlovu. From the revered Big Five Col...

Dahl Jensen for Bing & Grøndahl. Large and impressive porcelain figurine of an Icelandic falcon. Model 1531. 1920s/30s. Marked. In perfect condition. First factory quality. Dimensio...

This Scandinavian Modern earthenware hedgehog from the 1960s exudes charm with its glazed zigzag pattern on beige fur. The unglazed brown face adds a distinctive touch to its feature...

Early 20th century Expressionist glazed ceramic sculpture based on "The Cat Butler" by Diego Giacometti By: Diego Giacometti (in the style of) ...

A beautiful pair of pink parrot birds, hand-painted, on branches with yellow hibiscus flower, circa mid-20th century, USA. A great set for a mantle, shelf, dining table, etc. Authent...

Silvered bronze frog sculpture. Antique glazed Italian terracotta silvered bronze naturalistic frog statue on ebonized wood base. Italy, early 19th century Dimensions: 7.5" W x 6.25...

Introducing the Wiseman Ceramics Buffalo Bust, a stunning piece hand-sculpted by Thabo Mbhele and painted by Wiseman Ndlovu. From the celebrated Big Five Collection emerges a captiva...

Gunnar Nylund "Iller" Stonewear Weasel with stand for Rörstrand Sweden 1960's A beautiful vintage weasel in stoneware by Gunnar Nylund for Ro¨rstrand, Sweden, circa 1960 in perfec...

Pair Of Chinese Glazed Terracotta Foo Dogs. Stunning pair of antique Chinese hand decorated glazed terracotta foo dogs or foo lions. This beautiful pair of Chinese foo dogs are execu...

Royal Copenhagen, porcelain figurine of standing Pekingese dog. Model 1776. Marked. Dated 1979-83. In perfect condition. First factory quality. Dimensions: Height 12.0 cm x Diameter ...

1970s Pablo Zabal Chile decorative porcelain bull. With insert for use as a candle holder. Signed on base: Pablo Zabal Chile. Diameter: ca. 28cm. Height: 25cm. Beautiful eye catch...

A beautiful abstract ceramic bird by Børge Jørgensen 'no 3800'. Ceramic cock figurine with a glaze by Sven A. Jensen. Manufactured by Söholm Ceramics, ...

Leopold Anzengruber in perfect condition. This is a very special piece, the details of the woman is just exquisite, from the facial expression to the hair, earrings as well as her sk...

A stunning and unique stoneware rooster sculpture with amazing glaze. Made by Tyra Lundgren. Executed in her own studio in Sweden, 1955. Great condition, but with a couple of chips to the base (pictured). Signed by the artist in two places, and dated 1955-06-20. Provenance: bought from the estate of the artist in 1979. Tyra Lundgren (1897-1979) was one of the most multifaceted artists and modernists of the twentieth century. She was a painter, drawer, sculptor, ceramist, glass- and textile designer, as well as an author and an art critic. She was the first woman who designed glass for Paolo Venini at Murano in Venice and she also served as the artistic leader at Arabia in Helsinki at a time when men tended to hold those kinds of positions. Tyra Lundgren grew up in Djursholm, near Stockholm. Her parents were John Petter Lundgren, professor at Veterinärinstitutet (institute of veterinary sciences) in Stockholm, and Edith Lundgren née Åberg, who was a housewife and raised their six children. The bourgeois home also comprised a nanny and a female cook. The family were very socially active, travelled often, and enjoyed the outdoor lifestyle. Tyra Lundgren’s schooling began at Djursholm coeducational school, where her teachers included Natanael and Elsa Beskow and Alice Tegnér. Her school friends included Greta Knutson-Tzara, Stellan Mörner, and Ingrid Rydbeck-Zuhr. Tyra Lundgren knew from the time she was five years old that she wanted to be an artist. She first became aware of the profession through Axel Fahlcrantz, who rented a studio on the plot of land where she lived with her family. In 1913 she began to attend Högre konstindustriella skolan (HKS, now known as Konstfack, college of arts, crafts and design) where she studied decorative art as well as handicrafts in various forms until 1917. One of her fellow students and friends there was Estrid Ericson, who later founded Svenskt Tenn AB in 1924. Whilst attending HKS Tyra Lundgren also took painting lessons at the Althin school of painting. In 1917 she was accepted as a candidate at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts where, apart from breaks during which she undertook studies abroad, she remained until 1922. She spent a couple of months taking lessons from Anton Hanak in Vienna and from 1920–1923 she was a student of André Lhote in Paris. Tyra Lundgren was primarily active in four countries: Sweden, Finland, France, and Italy. She spent much of her professional life travelling and considered herself to be a European. Greece and Mexico also formed important centres in her artistic life, as did the USA. She had an extensive social network which included focal individuals within twentieth century-European and American artistic and cultural circles. Tyra Lundgren’s main artistic motifs were birds, fish, and people which she depicted through different techniques and materials. Her artistic expression involved a variety of different directions and styles. She was a pioneer of the 1920s Swedish Grace style, the name of which had been coined by the art critic Morton Shand at the Stockholm Exhibition of 1930. This was a Swedish Art Deco style, characterised by elegance and traditional art which contrasted with the current artistic ideals of functionalism. Tyra Lundgren made her debut at a group exhibition held at Kungliga Akademien för de fria konsterna in 1921. She went on to show her work at various exhibitions throughout the 1920s. After that period she only very rarely exhibited her paintings. Tyra Lundgren’s painted output can be divided into different periods or stylistic directions. The first of these, and the most extensive, was her post-Cubist period which began in 1920 on her arrival in Paris. Her paintings from this time and right up to the mid-1930s typically comprise portraits, self-portraits, live-model painting, still-lifes, interiors, and landscapes in the Cubist style. Many of the great number of self-portraits she painted were produced in the New Objective style, displaying broad variation in terms of clothes, poses and techniques. Two of these – Huvud med vit duk and Självporträtt both from 1921 – can be seen at Moderna Museet in Stockholm, although the majority of these works are at Gotlands Museum. Tyra Lundgren’s second artistic period comprises the years of 1927 to 1929 and is characterised by the New Objective style inspired by medieval techniques and materials (Giotto, Piero della Francesca). Her motifs were still-lifes and landscapes. At this point she was living in Rome and was close to the circle involved in the Valori plastici: rivista d’arte art journal. This period saw a breakthrough in her development as a painter. From the 1950s through the 1970s her work can almost be described as belonging to the Concrete style. Using light pastel colours her paintings sought light in a sometimes non-figurative expression, but often depicting abstract bird-shapes or other nature-inspired imagery. Her paintings from this period are outsized and display powerful colours, in yellows, reds, and blues. Tyra Lundgren maintained a constant production of drawings, both in terms of individual artworks and sketches for patterns and designs. She also produced the illustrations for her book Fagert i Fide. Årstiderna på en gammal gotlandsgård, published in 1961. During her early years she also produced advertising illustrations. She spent the final years of her life primarily working with lithographs which were printed at Galleri Prisma and depicted images of doves, swallows, magpies and crows. Tyra Lundgren is meanwhile best known for her work as a ceramist and in this sphere she was one of Sweden’s leading exponents. She worked in the porcelain industry as a designer and as an artisan and ceramic sculptor. Her first job was at St Eriks Lervarufabrik in Uppsala from 1922–1924, she then worked at Arabia from 1924–1937, and at Rörstrand and Lidköping Porslinsfabrik. She was the artistic leader at Arabia ahead of the 1930 Stockholm Exhibition and she exhibited her work at the World’s Fairs. During the 1934–1938 period she was connected to the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres porcelain factory in Paris. Tyra Lundgren was a pioneer when it came to giving ceramic art a public space in Sweden. She produced around 20 outsized reliefs in stoneware, so-called monumental reliefs. One of these is Märkeskvinnor, from 1947, for the former girls’ school at Bohusgatan in Stockholm. From the 1940s onwards Tyra Lundgren produced sculptural objects in Chamotte clay and stoneware, with various glazings. Her small birds are well-known and popular with many. When her ceramic efforts became too much for her during the 1970s she then produced models for sculptures in bronze. There are six of these in various places around the globe, including Solfågel in Almedalen, Visby. Tyra Lundgren began to work as a glassware designer at Moser in Karlsbad in 1922 where she designed new table services and modernised older ones. She also worked freelance for Riihimäki factory in Finland during the 1924–1929 period. From 1934 to 1938 she was employed by Kosta glass factory where she mainly designed thick-walled bowls and vases, engraved with classical motifs. She was introduced to the glassmaker Paolo Venini at Murano during the Triennale di Milano of 1936 and they began a collaboration that lasted into the 1950s. As part of this collaboration Tyra Lundgren became the first woman to design glassware and, in conjunction with the glassblower Arturo Biasutto, she developed new techniques of glass production. Her motifs at this point were birds, fish, snail-shaped designs and leaf-patterned bowls using traditional techniques as well as in new designs. It was during this time that she created the so-called tissue-shaped bowls and it remains unclear as to who specifically came up with the design but Tyra Lundgren claimed it was of her making. Tyra Lundgren was active as textile designer for Licium (now HV Licium), the sacred textiles...

Modelled as a yellow bird, green deer, and yellow monkey grouped together on a brown-glazed stand. These brush rest with a bird, a monkey and a deer probably refers to the rebus 'may you receive high rank and emolument' or 'general long life, happiness and wealth' Period : Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng Period Production Date : C 1725 Made in : Jingdezhen Destination : Netherland Found/Acquired : Southeast Asia , South China Sea, Ca Mau...

Majolica boxer dog. Life size.

Majolica Chicken jardinière Italy, circa 1960. Stamped: Italy A real treasure for the ceramics' collector. With best wishes, Geert.  

A 19th century Japanese white glazed porcelain hawk perched on a tree stump.

Extraordinary pair of fine and rare and very large pair of glazed terra cotta decorative foo dog or lion statutes, circa early 20th century. Glazed in green, yellow and red with slig...

Mari Simmulson for Upsala Ekeby, Sweden. Ceramic owl sculpture. From the 1960s. Model number: 6058. Marked with the manufacturer's mark. In perfect condition. Dimensions: Height 17.5...

Royal Copenhagen, porcelain figurine of a perch. Model: 1138. Early 20th century. Marked. First factory quality. Perfect condition. Dimensions: Length 19.5 cm, Height 8.5 cm.

Large Size Male Guardian Lion Foo Dog in Turquoise Blue Glazed Porcelain Algora Porcelains Designed from 1920 to 1949. This is a male guardian lion sculpture, is recognized as it is ...

A very rare and unusual antique Royal Worcester majolica pottery figure of a camel and howdah by renowned potter James Hadley (British, 1837-1903) and dated 22nd June 1870. James H...

Italian Glazed Ceramic Dog Sculpture. Well detailed Italian glazed ceramic dog statue or sculpture of a Sheep Dog. Stamped Ronzan, Made In Italy.

A very handsome ceramic Grand Tour desk top model of the Capitoline Lion. The molded recumbent figure of a lion shown outstretched atop an integral rectangular base. The origin of t...

Dimensions: Large - 17in H x 3in W x 4in D Medium - 15in H x 3in W x 4in D Small - 12in H x 3in W x 4in D

This wonderful sculpture of an ice bear playing with a blue ball is a design by the Austrian Sculptor Franz Barwig (1868 - 1931) dating to 1915-1920. The sculpture was executed by th...

Vintage ceramic cat with green glass eyes - life size model - featuring an over-all white glaze - glazed interior - unsigned - Italy - circa 1980's...

A large vintage Tang style Sancai glazed terracotta horse. This exquisite piece features a striking green and brown color glazed finish, infusing it with ...

Model #8190. Riessner, Stellmacher and Kessel (RSt&K), consistently marked pieces with the tradename “Amphora” by the late 1890s and became known by that name. The Amphora pottery f...

Sven Wejsfelt (1930–2009) for Gustavsberg. Large and impressive ceramic sculpture of a pike. From the "Stim" (shoal) series. Mounted on a wooden base. Late 20th century. Marked and...

Stunning black glaze ceramic head horse sculpture hand produced in the Cases workshop in the Manises town of Valencia, Spain. Measurements: Height 23cm/ 9in Width 17cm/ 6.7in Weig...

Behold a magnificent Large Early 20th Century Glazed Ceramic Blue Duck with a regal purple base. This exquisite avian masterpiece encapsulates the elegance of bygone eras, showcasing meticulous craftsmanship and timeless aesthetic appeal. Standing proud, the duck's cerulean plumage is adorned with a glossy finish, capturing the essence of artisanal mastery. The vibrant interplay of blue and purple hues evokes a sense of opulence, while the sizable form lends an imposing presence. This objet d'art seamlessly blends the charm of early 20th-century design with the allure of glazed ceramics, making it a captivating symbol of artistic refinement and a testament to the enduring allure of vintage decorative pieces.

Meissen great dane white porcelain dog. Antique white porcelain dog sculpture of a great dane beautifully modeled with original custom conforming red velvet covered base, with markin...