A HAMMERED SILVER KETTLE IN ELEPHANT FORM

MEIJI-TAISHO PERIOD, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A HAMMERED SILVER KETTLE IN ELEPHANT FORM
MEIJI-TAISHO PERIOD, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The silver kettle hammered and constructed as an elephant with tusks, the body applied with a loop handle, the lid set with a silver finial of a recumbent monkey, illegible artist seal and seal jungin ?? on underside.
8 ½ in. (21.6 cm.) long, Japanese wood box

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Please note: this lot is not accompanied by a Japanese wood box
請注意：此拍品沒有附上日本木盒

Lot Essay

Elephants, though not native to Japan, were objects of great curiosity and were depicted in a variety of Japanese art from the Edo to Meiji period.
The white elephant is revered in Buddhism as a symbol of strength and high morality. The six-tusk white elephants in particular represent the vehicle of the Bodhisattva Puxian (Samantabhadra) and are associated with the birth of the Buddha Shakyamuni.

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