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 sculpture is carved of walrus tusk and placed on a stand made of blackwood. The scene represents a wild boar and dogs, below is carved an old trunk with a small martin hiding in it from all the turmoil around. The size is 8 cm height and 12 cm length.
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.
