Antique Cast Bronze Elephant Hunt Scene with Lion Antonio Amorgasti Belgium 1925 Sculpture James Webb was an English

James Webb was an English painter born into a family of artists

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

This very rare cold-painted bronze by the

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

with corresponding designs around the sides also

Antique Cast Bronze Elephant Hunt Scene with Lion Antonio Amorgasti Belgium 1925 Sculpture James Webb was an EnglishA 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