Lot Essay
See a nearly identical pair of caparisoned bronze elephants, also dated to the 17th/18th century, sold in our Los Angeles rooms, 7 May 1999, lot 8.
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17TH/18TH CENTURY
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A LARGE BRONZE FIGURE OF A CAPARISONED ELEPHANT
17TH/18TH CENTURY
Shown with head turned to the side, the massive body arrayed in rich trappings originally inset with glass beads or stones, the back draped with a fringed blanket from which rises a baluster vase cast with beaded garlands and a pair of monster-mask handles below lotus sprays on the neck, the elephant standing atop an integral plinth with four ruyi-form feet joined by a plain stretcher
17 in. (43.2 cm.) high
17TH/18TH CENTURY
Shown with head turned to the side, the massive body arrayed in rich trappings originally inset with glass beads or stones, the back draped with a fringed blanket from which rises a baluster vase cast with beaded garlands and a pair of monster-mask handles below lotus sprays on the neck, the elephant standing atop an integral plinth with four ruyi-form feet joined by a plain stretcher
17 in. (43.2 cm.) high
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