Antique Cast Bronze Elephant Hunt Scene with Lion Antonio Amorgasti Belgium 1925 Sculpture This very rare cold-painted bronze

This very rare cold-painted bronze by the

carnations and Ottoman Saz leaves & blossoms

specifically capturing the traditional culture and pastoral lore of the Alpine and Bavarian regions

to the center is a gilt bronze reticulated plaque centered within a carved & pierced frieze

at this time he also had the first of three one-person shows at the Portland Art Museum

Antique Cast Bronze Elephant Hunt Scene with Lion Antonio Amorgasti Belgium 1925 Sculpture This very rare cold-painted bronzeA 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