Elephants were often featured in Roman times. Claudius is said to have paraded to Colchester with a procession of elephants as he began the conquest of Britain.
Elephants were also famously used by the Carthaginian general Hannibal to cross the Alps and to bring war to the Roman Republic, in the Second Punic War, of 218 BC.
Elephants were used in the amphitheatre, as were many other exotic animals.
This sculpture is based on a Roman original. Just as today, animals were often the subject of art.
It is made from resin with a bronze finish, and supplied in a clear box with an information
card with printed information.
The figure is 38mm in length.