Antique Cast Bronze Elephant Hunt Scene with Lion Antonio Amorgasti Belgium 1925 Redo 25" tall X 6
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Description
25" tall X 6
the flared top of a mottled red color with four bulbous elliptical shapes blown through the iron armature
The was a great tradition of Arts and Crafts pottery at this time in London
attributed to Dr
and Switzerland
Antique Cast Bronze Elephant Hunt Scene with Lion Antonio Amorgasti Belgium 1925 Redo 25" tall X 6A large antique Animalier bronze sculpture group: lion hunting with elephants by Antonio Amorgasti 1880 1942, Belgium, titled "Mahout", circa 1925. The term "Mahout" is a Hindu word for an elephant driver or elephant keeper. This large cast bronze group depicts an elephant with her infant below, atop the elephant is her driver seated on a lion's pelt with the driver's ankus (a tool with a long handle & sharp metal point used by a Mahout to direct the