Composition made of elephant tusks on a stand
Ethiopia ,
July, 1959
МЗСБ КП 7744/1 О 1 С 30
90 х 143 х 44 cm
bone, metal, wood, turning, casting, notching, assembly
Composition made of elephant tusks on a stand. It represents a stylized arch topped with the imperial orb with a Christian cross. The gift plate contains an image of the imperial crown with a monogram and the inscription: "In commemoration of the visit of His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I.st emperor of Ethiopia."
A gift from Haile Selassie I, the Emperor of Ethiopia, when visiting Stalingrad, July 1959.
See also
Augustinčić Antun. Sculpture “Partisan”
Yugoslavia ,
1958
Augustinčić Antun. Sculpture “Partisan”
Augustinčić Antun. Sculpture "Partisan". A gift from the Army General Ivan Gošnjak, the Secretary of State for National Defense of the Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia, to the Tsaritsyn – Stalingrad Museum of Defense, 1958.
Vase on the stand
China ,
May 1954
Vase on the stand
A gift from the delegation of Chinese cultural workers who visited Stalingrad in May 1954.A wide neck vase with the edges that bent outwards. It is decorated with floral ornaments, namely branches and blooming fruit trees as well as with peonies. The colour of the vase is pastel green.