LATER BRONZES
A GILDED BRONZE ELEPHANT-FORM HOLDER

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A GILDED BRONZE ELEPHANT-FORM HOLDER
LATE MING/17TH CENTURY

Shown with head turned to the side and caparisoned with tasseled trappings and a long lotus-decorated blanket surmounted by a leaf-cast vase which leads into the hollowed body, traces of red lacquer--11 3/8in. (28.8cm.) high