Statuette Zubr (Bizon)
Statuette Zubr (Bizon)
Russia, St. Petersburg
Сirca 1860
N. Putilov's Factory
Bronze; casting, patinating
29.5 х 25.5 х 16.5 сm
Inscription in Cyrillic on obverse: “Въ воспоминание Охоты въ Бъловъжскоiй Пущъ въ ВЫСОЧАЙШЕМЪ присутствiи ГОСУДАРЯ ИМПЕРАТОРА АЛЕКСАНДРА IIго 6 и 7го ОКТЯБРЯ 1860” (In commemoration of hunting in the Belovezhskaya Pushcha in the HIGHEST presence of the Emperor ALEXANDER on the 6th and 7th of October, 1860). Below: “Заводъ Н Путилова” (N. Putilov’s plant). Names of the event participants and the trophies are listed on the side and rear surfaces
Statuette Zubr is a reduced replica of the monument commemorating the hunting of the Emperor Alexander II in Belovezhskaya Pushcha on October 6-7, 1860. Several copies were cast, five of which were donated to the foreign participants of the hunt.
A similar statuette is stored in the State Historical Museum (casted by N. Sokolov).
Инв.800/ИЗО