TWO LARGE ENAMELLED GOLD FIGURES OF PARADING ELEPHANTS
TWO LARGE ENAMELLED GOLD FIGURES OF PARADING ELEPHANTS

PROBABLY JAIPUR, NORTH INDIA, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY

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TWO LARGE ENAMELLED GOLD FIGURES OF PARADING ELEPHANTS
PROBABLY JAIPUR, NORTH INDIA, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY
Each realistically modelled, on oval base, richly adorned with diamond-inset floral caparison, with blue and pink enamelled body, the head and legs with floral decoration, mounted with a triple-canopy howdah, a ruler seated beneath, the mahout holding ankuses, preceded by a turbaned foot guard holding tulwar and spear
Each 4½in. (11.5cm.) high

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