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A WELL-CARVED BAMBOO ELEPHANT GROUP
18TH CENTURY
The wrinkled hide of the large beast partially covered by a blanket decorated with diaper pattern, its head sharply turned towards a foreign entertainer or magician standing by its side, the latter holding a large cash and wearing a brimmed cap carved in the form of a fantastic animal, the elephant surmounted by two crouching assistants holding a barrel filled with leaves, stained a dark honey-brown--9 1/2 in. (24.2cm.)
18TH CENTURY
The wrinkled hide of the large beast partially covered by a blanket decorated with diaper pattern, its head sharply turned towards a foreign entertainer or magician standing by its side, the latter holding a large cash and wearing a brimmed cap carved in the form of a fantastic animal, the elephant surmounted by two crouching assistants holding a barrel filled with leaves, stained a dark honey-brown--9 1/2 in. (24.2cm.)