Elephant Parade Ornament Collectable Artist Limited Edition Satao

Description

Elephant Parade Limited Edition hand painted replica Elephant - Satao
Hand painted Elephant Parade replica Satao elephant. Limited Edition Collectible item.
The elephants from Elephant Parade are produced and hand-painted in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Quality control has a very high priority, but due to the different sizes, shapes, decorations and designs of the elephants, there might be some deviation between two identical elephants. Each replica is part of an exclusive limited edition and is unique and available for a limited period of time. All purchased elephants will be delivered with a certificate listing name, artist, year, parade, production and serial number.
Artist:
Sir Richard Branson
Parade:
Hong Kong 2014
Artists' Inspiration:
The elephant is covered in shapes that at first glance appear random and unrelated. Prior to the introduction of plastics, ivory was used for a wide range of ornamental items. These included pool balls, piano keys, dominoes, Scottish bagpipes, cutlery handles, chopsticks, buttons and even guitar bridges. Synthetic substitutes for ivory have long been developed and using ivory is completely unnecessary. Despite this, the illegal ivory trade and elephant poaching continues to this day. The design highlights this, with pool balls for the elephant�s eyes represent number 88, which in Chinese culture stands for good fortune. The elephant design is partially inspired by Elephant Festival, which is celebrated in Jaipur city in Rajasthan state in India. It is held on the day of Holi festival.
Material:
Polyresin
Origin:
Thailand
20% of Elephant Parade's net profits are donated to elephant welfare and conservation projects.
Every sale helps us give funds to elephant conservation projects.
We support three charities doing amazing work for elephants in different parts of the world -
Elephant Family
work mostly with Asian elephants in India and South East Asia, their work includes saving and maintaining habitats and working with communities to avoid conflict where elephant habitats and human civilisations overlap.
The
David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation
works in animal conservation all over the world but our donations go towards their projects supporting African elephants in Uganda through the Waterways project and at the elephant orphanage in Zambia.
The
Save Elephant Foundation
is based at the Elephant Nature Park in the Mae Taeng Valley, just north of Chiang Mai, Thailand, and specialise in providing care and assistance to Thailand's captive elephant population through rescue, rehabilitation, and education within communities.
For more information on how we're helping elephants
click here!
We despatch Mon-Fri - excluding UK Bank Holidays.
We aim to despatch all orders within 1 working day.
Same-day despatch for orders received by 1
PM
UK time.
Occasionally during busy periods, we are unable to dispatch all orders within our aims - please be patient during these times, your custom is very important to us and your order will be dispatched as soon as we can get to it.
If you have any questions regarding your order, be it the estimated dispatch or delivery date or a request to change it then please don't hesitate to contact us via the eBay messaging service.
Returns.
We are happy to accept returns for refund or exchange on all orders.
We will accept returns at any point up 30 days after the sale date so long as the product is returned in perfect condition in the original packaging and with the tags still attached – essential so that it can be resold.
The buyer is responsible for return postage costs.
Refunds will be processed upon inspection of the returned item. If the return has been received by us within 14 days of the buyer receiving their original order then the refund will be for the total sale price inclusive of any additional postage charged at the time of ordering. If the return is received after 14 days then any additional postage charged will not be refunded. All international orders are only eligible for a postage refund equivalent to the domestic standard postage charges.
Exchanges will be despatched upon receipt of the returned item. If there is a time constraint then you are welcome to complete a separate purchase for the correct item and then return the unwanted one for a refund. If time is not a problem then just post the unwanted item(s) back to us and please include a note stating that you would like to exchange and what you would like to exchange for along with your name and order number. This will ensure that your exchange is dealt with swiftly. There are no additional charges for the exchange postage.
IF YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH YOUR ORDER PLEASE CONTACT US BEFORE LEAVING FEEDBACK. WE PRIDE OURSELVES IN THE HIGH LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE AND FIRST AND FOREMOST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CUSTOMERS ARE HAPPY WITH THEIR PURCHASES.
Thank you, LoudElephant.
Artists' Inspiration: The elephant is covered in shapes that at first glance appear random and unrelated. Prior to the introduction of plastics, ivory was used for a wide range of ornamental items. These included pool balls, piano keys, dominoes, Scottish bagpipes, cutlery handles, chopsticks, buttons and even guitar bridges. Synthetic substitutes for ivory have long been developed and using ivory is completely unnecessary. Despite this, the illegal ivory trade and elephant poaching continues to this day. The design highlights this, with pool balls for the elephant�s eyes represent number 88, which in Chinese culture stands for good fortune. The elephant design is partially inspired by Elephant Festival, which is celebrated in Jaipur city in Rajasthan state in India. It is held on the day