A Chinese Export model of an elephant

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A Chinese Export model of an elephant
striding forwards on all fours with its head slightly lowered and trunk swung to one side, the tail curled around its haunches, the details picked out in coloured enamels and gilt -- 9in. (23cm.) long, 18th/19th Century, paper label to underside Gerald Bushell Collection, (one tusk broken, old wear).
See Colour Plate 25

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