Large French Bronze Sculpture of Diana and Stag, circa 1880

Pair of Japanese Bronze Bookends, circa 1880

Pair of Japanese bronze bookends, circa 1880.

Pair of German Bronze Busts of Schiller and Goethe, circa 1880.

Inscribed Ary Bitter (1883-1973) with The L.N. and J.L. Foundry, Paris.

C. 20th century Amazing bronze stag sculpture.

This large French bronze sculpture depicts a family of deer traversing across a rocky terrain dotted with flowers. Sculpted in the late 1800s by Clovis-Edmond Masson, the sculpture has fantastic movement, as all three deer are depicted in full stride, with their hooves off the ground. The largest of the group is a stag with a wide antler spread and detailed musculature. To the stag’s left is a doe looking back towards a fawn, who is looking up at the stag. The sculpture has a rich, green-brown patination with areas that have retained the gold of the bronze. Behind the doe are two engravings: “C. Masson” and “Salon des Beaux-Arts”, indicating that the sculpture is the work of Clovis-Edmond Masson and was exhibited at the Paris Salon (the original). Clovis-Edmond Masson was born in Paris in 1838 and specialized in sculptures that accurately depicted animal behavior. Masson exhibited at the Salon regularly from 1867-1881, placing this sculpture in that time frame. The most famous work by Masson was commissioned by Rama V...

Strikingly stylized and abstracted, yet sumptuously finished in lustrous glazes in tones of tan and ruddy brown, this long, lean sculpture is the perfect embodiment of Art Deco desig...

Large brass stag with antlers. In the taste of Maria Pergay, France circa 1970 H: 90 cm ( 35.4 inches ) L: 60 cm ( 23.6 inches) D: 43 cm ( 17 inches)