Bronze elephants

Portland, Oregon (OR), US

13 ft high, 6.5 ton replica of an ancient Chinese wine container.

Bronze elephants

Portland, Oregon (OR), US

13 ft high, 6.5 ton replica of an ancient Chinese wine container.

Art - Sculpture, Safari Submissions
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By: daggerwell

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Comments

jbottero

@ 2014-10-12 15:19:09

A gift to the city of Portland from Chinese businessman Huo Baozhu, whose China-based foundy manufactured the sculpture, these bronze elephants is actually about sixteen times larger than the original, a wine pitcher from the late Shang Dynasty. The young elephant standing on his father's back symbolizes safe and prosperous offspring. Titlaed "Da Tung & Xi'an Bao Bao", it is roughly translated as "Universal Peace & Baby Elephant". This sculpture is located in Portland's North Park Blocks.