A SMALL PALE GREY JADE ELEPHANT AND BOY CARVING
A SMALL PALE GREY JADE ELEPHANT AND BOY CARVING

LATE MING DYNASTY, 16TH/17TH CENTURY

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A SMALL PALE GREY JADE ELEPHANT AND BOY CARVING
LATE MING DYNASTY, 16TH/17TH CENTURY
Carved in the round as a playful boy clambering up onto the back of a recumbent elephant, its head turned to the side, its ears, tail and trunk finely detailed, the softly polished pale grey stone with some darker black striations
3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm.) wide
Provenance
Acquired in the late 1980s from the Marcel Griffon Collection, Nice, France, who was a prominent dealer and collector in Middle Eastern, African and Oriental art from the 1930s to the 1960s.

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