Offering a large and impressive Victorian bronzed cast metal sculpture statue of a pheasant in a countryside setting seated on an oval wooden plinth base, 19th century. Impressed with artist name P. Comolera in lower left corner. In very good original condition, showing typical age-appropriate wear from normal use. Sculpture and base needs to be tightened. Please see photos for precise condition. Approximately 14-1/2" Tall 30" Wide 10-1/2" Deep COMOLERA, PAUL Paris, 1818 Paris, 1897 An animal sculptor, student of Rude, and the master of Moigniez, Paul Comolera primarily exhibited wild birds and barnyard animals at the Salon, from 1846 until his death. Of particular note is Chien barbet agaçant un coq indien, plaster (1848), Callle prise au plège, plaster (1849), Héron blesé par une flèche, Bécassine morte, bronzes (1852), Faisan, Sarcelle, bronzes (1863), Perdrix blessée, bronze (1865), Perdrix morte, terra cotta (1866), Famille de perdrix, silvered bronze (1870), Combat de coqs, bronze, Bécasse, silvered bronze (1873), Deux pt-geons s'aimatent d'amour tendre and L'Ouverture de la chasse, bronzes (1886), as well as some busts in