Antique Cast Bronze Elephant Hunt Scene with Lion Antonio Amorgasti Belgium 1925 Mid-Century Modern Here parrots forming tripod supports

Here parrots forming tripod supports eagerly nibble into the fruit

Goddess of Agriculture

the table tops are finely inlaid with floral marquetry of satinwood

made for the Spanish speaking market

Burkhardt Foundation

Antique Cast Bronze Elephant Hunt Scene with Lion Antonio Amorgasti Belgium 1925 Mid-Century Modern Here parrots forming tripod supportsA 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