19th Century French Painted Faience Rooster with Vase Signed Paul Comolera

This elegant antique weather vane was created in Normandy, France, circa 1860. The traditional copper sculpture features a classic swivel French c...

Decorate a mantel or table with this colorful antique faience vase. Crafted in Brittany, France, circa 1880, the large urn-shape vessel is round in shape, and dressed with large scro...

Decorate a kitchen wall or a shelf with this elegant antique decorative vase. Created in Quimper, France circa 1890, the bagpipe shell-form ceramic vase with a bow at the pediment, i...

Decorate a lady's office or a library shelf with this elegant antique figure. Sculpted in France circa 1890, the terracotta statue sits on a separate walnut base, and depicts a young female beauty playing the bagpipe.Titled "Le Biniou" (the bagpipe in English), the artwork is signed on the back by the artist, Georges Charles Coudray...

Bronze sculpture with marble base. Signed Comolera. France, late 19th century.

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...

19th century antique bird paperweight/hunting trophy in chased and patinated bronze on a marble base, after Comolera. Mounted on red marble.

Add the charm of the French countryside to your home with this large, colorful and rare ceramic rooster sculpture. Crafted in France circa 1960 in the style of Paul Comolera or Louis...