The Swimming Reindeer Replica
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Exclusive to the British Museum, a replica of the incredible Ice Age sculpture often referred to as the ‘Swimming Reindeer’.
This ornament is crafted in the UK from acrystal resin, and is mounted on a tall stand.
The original piece, now housed in the British Museum, dates to around 11,000 BC, and harks to the Magdalenian Period during the later parts of the European Ice Age. Discovered in 1867 in a rockshelter in Montastruc, France, the piece is carved from the tip of a mammoth’s tusk, and shows an astonishingly detailed scene of two reindeers, appearing to be swimming. Carved with skilful artistry, the front reindeer is recognisably female, while the rear is male, identifiable by their antlers. Details such as the size of the antlers and the lustre of the reindeers’ coats reveal that the piece represents an autumnal scene, which corresponds to reindeers’ winter migratory pattern, which often sees them swimming across rivers and lakes to warmer pastures.
This ornament will make a magnificent gift inspired by millennia of human art.
- Product Code: CMCR45640
- Dimensions: H7 x W5 x L24cm
- Material: Acrystal
- Postage Weight: 0.40 Kg
About
Exclusive to the British Museum, a replica of the incredible Ice Age sculpture often referred to as the ‘Swimming Reindeer’.
This ornament is crafted in the UK from acrystal resin, and is mounted on a tall stand.
The original piece, now housed in the British Museum, dates to around 11,000 BC, and harks to the Magdalenian Period during the later parts of the European Ice Age. Discovered in 1867 in a rockshelter in Montastruc, France, the piece is carved from the tip of a mammoth’s tusk, and shows an astonishingly detailed scene of two reindeers, appearing to be swimming. Carved with skilful artistry, the front reindeer is recognisably female, while the rear is male, identifiable by their antlers. Details such as the size of the antlers and the lustre of the reindeers’ coats reveal that the piece represents an autumnal scene, which corresponds to reindeers’ winter migratory pattern, which often sees them swimming across rivers and lakes to warmer pastures.
This ornament will make a magnificent gift inspired by millennia of human art.
Product Information
- Product Code: CMCR45640
- Dimensions: H7 x W5 x L24cm
- Material: Acrystal
- Postage Weight: 0.40 Kg
Reindeer Crystal Sculpture | 33597
Enjoy Christmas all year around when you display this lovely Reindeer Crystal Sculpture from Mats Jonasson Maleras.
- Signed by artist Mats Jonasson
- Made in Sweden
- Cast engraved flawless Swedish crystal
- From the Wildlife Collection
- Includes artist biography in custom packaging
- Do not use strong cleaning agents and keep away from strong direct sunlight
The Artist
Mats Jonasson Crystal sculptures include tigers, bears, elephants, wolves, sea turtles and more, each crafted by glass artists in Sweden using the finest Swedish crystal. Astonishingly detailed lifelike designs are engraved into the back of the crystal, then either colored in vibrant hues or left unadorned, to be experienced through the dazzling flawless surface of the material itself. Roses, irises, sunflowers, orchids and more are rendered to inspire, and be admired, for generations to come.
Mats Jonasson began as an apprentice engraver at The Glass Works in 1959. Over the next thirty years he worked with many of the most respected contemporary glass artists in Sweden. During this period, he developed his own wildlife related natural style that separates him from the rest. To use his own words, “Our forests have captured the hearts and minds of people since time immemorial.” And so has Mats Jonasson captured us. Mats and his company, which has been evolving and growing since 1981 in Maleras Sweden, contributes 5% of his company’s proceeds on the sale of 12 of his wildlife sculptures, to an international organization that regulates the trade of international endangered flora and fauna species.
