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PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY
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A QAJAR GOLD DAMASCENED STEEL ELEPHANT
PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY
Ambling forward on improbably thin legs, the trunk reaching forwards, a gold roundel with radiating floral motifs on the head, a similar larger medallion on the back, the ears with fish-scale motifs, the eyes picked out in gold and also engraved, a band of elaborate gold swagging running round the body, simple bands running around each leg, each foot with five or six even more improbable gold claws
12in. (30.5cm.) long; 8in. (20.3cm.) high
PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY
Ambling forward on improbably thin legs, the trunk reaching forwards, a gold roundel with radiating floral motifs on the head, a similar larger medallion on the back, the ears with fish-scale motifs, the eyes picked out in gold and also engraved, a band of elaborate gold swagging running round the body, simple bands running around each leg, each foot with five or six even more improbable gold claws
12in. (30.5cm.) long; 8in. (20.3cm.) high