This is a composition of a chase of a wild boar by wolves.
It is carved into the mammoth tusk which is fixed onto the wooden stand.
The animals are caught in movement, and make the focus of the composition. Besides, the background of the forest is of no less importance in this scene, which can be observed in careful and detailed finish of the branches and leaves and their position enhancing the tension of the scene.
The sculptures of the animals (wood) in this composition of a forest-meeting scene are placed against the background of a big tree trunk the texture of which is also a special focus of the master's carving.
This is a composition depicting a scene of traditional Russian hunting - the 2 borzoi dogs, a breed that is traditionally Russian and which name at once arouses our associations with Russia, are chasing a fox.
The borzois and the fox are caught in motion, between one movement and the next; and the artist made every effort to convey the sense of speed, tension, exhilaration and excitement of the chase, the grace of the borzois and the agility of a little fox.
Это композиция изображает сцену традиционной русской охоты - две борзые преследуют лису. Русская борзая - исконно русская порода, название которой сразу вызывает у нас ассоциации с Россией.
Борзая и лиса запечатлены в порыве движения; мастер старался передать ощущение скорости, напряжения и азарта погони, грацию борзых и проворство маленькой лисы.
