Monumental Majolica Houdan Hen Chick Vase Choisy Le Roi by Paul Comolera

This is a Choisy le Roi Majolica Urn Vase after a model by Louis Robert Carrier Belleuse. It depicts a huge and heavy urn vase hand painted with a white background decorated with gol...

Magnificent earthenware rooster and its vase, made in France in the 1880s. This majolica composition is both a flower vase and a rooster sculpture. This superb earthenware piece, bea...

This is an extraordinary French monumental porcelain vase which is the embodiment of Art Nouveau decoration. Hand-painted polychrome enamels ...

A French late 19th century Majolica figural jardinière (planter) modeled as a young Neapolitan vintner boy balancing a weaved basket over h...

A very fine large late 19th Century Animalier gilt bronze study of a standing cockerel with his chest pushed out in a proud pose as he crows to the eraly morning sunshine, the bronze surface with excellent deep golden colour and fine hand finished detail, signed P.Comolera ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Height: 31 cm Width: 20 cm Condition: Excellent Original Condition Circa: 1900 Materials: Bronze SKU: 9324 ABOUT Paul Comolera (French, 1818 ~ 1897) Comolera was born in Paris, France. A very fine sculptor known mainly for his modelling of birds but he also produced some other animal figures as well as portrait busts. Comolera was a student of the early sculptor Francois Rude and he was the teacher of Jules Moigniez, one of the more important sculptors of the Animalier school. There is a distinct similarity in the detail, construction, form, and finish of the works of Comolera and his student Moigniez although Comolera’s birds are considered to be more in the naturalistic style as opposed to the romantic style of his pupil. Paul Comolera made his debut at the Salon in 1846 with a group called Golden Pheasants of China and continued to exhibit there until his death in 1897. Comolera’s bronzes...

Jerome Massier Fils French Majolica vase which features a hunting dog stood in front of a tree trunk. Coloration: cream, brown, green, are predominant. The piece bears maker's marks ...

Albert Paley Studio, sculptural vase formed, forged, and fabricated of steel with a stainless steel insert. The work has been published in The Art of Albert Paley and in numerous cat...

Incredible pair of planters in porcelain circa 1870 signed in the base H.B & Cie - Choisy le Roi representing "Chimeras winged"

the majestic rooster with turned head and direct gaze below a proud comb all above a robust body of well-delineated plumage with feet firmly planted in a grassy ground; covered overa...

Pair of Minton Majolica vases which feature a hen and rooster stood next to a wooden slated trough. Signed, 'J Henk' to the base. Colouration: brown, green, gre...