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A GRAYISH-GREEN JADE ELEPHANT AND BOY GROUP
17TH/18TH CENTURY
The stocky beast standing with head turned sharply to one side, its back draped with a fringed, lotus-decorated blanket and set on top with an oval blanket centered by a bulbous jar holding a bouquet, the boy standing on the elephant's neck leaning forward as he proffers a peach, the well-polished stone with areas of blackish and opaque buff mottling 4 5/8in. (11.8cm.) high, wood stand
17TH/18TH CENTURY
The stocky beast standing with head turned sharply to one side, its back draped with a fringed, lotus-decorated blanket and set on top with an oval blanket centered by a bulbous jar holding a bouquet, the boy standing on the elephant's neck leaning forward as he proffers a peach, the well-polished stone with areas of blackish and opaque buff mottling 4 5/8in. (11.8cm.) high, wood stand
Provenance
Bulgari, Rome