A PAIR OF JAPANESE POLYCHROMED-WOOD SCULPTURES OF ELEPHANTS
A PAIR OF JAPANESE POLYCHROMED-WOOD SCULPTURES OF ELEPHANTS

EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

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A PAIR OF JAPANESE POLYCHROMED-WOOD SCULPTURES OF ELEPHANTS
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Carved and assmbled from wood and painted in polychrome pigments over gesso and designed as the mounts for the bodhisattva Fugen and with trappings decorated with dragons and tassled garlands, the eyes inlaid in glass
30 in. (76.1 cm.) high (2)

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