Item code ............................................................................. 1.1.02.001.0001.4600 Number of sculptures in the series ......................................................................... 1 Material ...................................................................................................... Ag .925° The weight ................................................................................................ 214,66 г/g Gold-plating of the cranial part of sculpture .......................................... Au .999° Pedestal: Petrified wood
Golden Safari presents a unique collection of trophy sculptures made of precious metals, the only one in the world.
The hunting trophy of ungulates - elk, deer, roe deer - are horns on the frontal bone or skull. Hunting trophy of predatory animals - bear, wolf, lynx - full skull. Capercaillie hunting trophy - a stuffed bird.
The cultural basis of the collections presented, is on the centuries-old experience of mankind from the Holy Scripture, Scythian «animal style», Western European Renaissance, High Renaissance aesthetics of Leonardo da Vinci (XV century), Northern (Flemish) Baroque to Art Nouveau «kink of times» at the turn of the XIX–XX centuries and modern ethical standards for displaying animal derivatives (hunting trophies).