ID 395406
Lot 1543 | A LARGE AND FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE 'ELEPHANT AND BOYS' GRO...
Estimate value
$ 500 000 – 800 000
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The elephant is carved with its head turned to the proper left side, and its skin hanging in heavy folds. A bearded foreigner holding a floral spray and a ruyi scepter is standing by the left hind leg. There are two boys sitting on the back of the elephant, holding between them a large vase containing leafy fronds and fruit. Two attendants with long, curled hair are clambering up the sides of the elephant, one holding a stick, and the other holding a gnarled branch. The stone is of even, white tone.
7 ½ in. (19 cm.) high, hongmu stand
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