A DUTCH DELFT LARGE STANDING ELEPHANT, of greyish tint, naturalistically modelled in relief with a huge body, the head with manganese-red eyes and ears to the inside, with yellow tusks and curling trunk (slurf), with small tail and tiny opening to the back, on four paws with dark manganese-red toes, one paw marked I.V.D.H. above a scroll, for Johanna van den Heul, de Grieksche A, circa 1705
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A DUTCH DELFT LARGE STANDING ELEPHANT, of greyish tint, naturalistically modelled in relief with a huge body, the head with manganese-red eyes and ears to the inside, with yellow tusks and curling trunk (slurf), with small tail and tiny opening to the back, on four paws with dark manganese-red toes, one paw marked I.V.D.H. above a scroll, for Johanna van den Heul, de Grieksche A, circa 1705
28 cm wide
Erata: Only possible circa 1705
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