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THE FLORENCE AND HERBERT IRVING COLLECTION
A PALE GREYISH GREEN JADE FIGURE OF AN ELEPHANT AND BOY
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Details
A PALE GREYISH GREEN JADE FIGURE OF AN ELEPHANT AND BOY
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The elephant standing with head turned to the side, its back draped with a blanket with fringed ends and carved in low relief on both sides with a design of two bats above rocks and foaming waves, the boy sprawled atop its back holding a long, slender goad with curved end, the stone with some opaque buff mottling and brown mottling on the reverse
6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) long, softwood stand
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The elephant standing with head turned to the side, its back draped with a blanket with fringed ends and carved in low relief on both sides with a design of two bats above rocks and foaming waves, the boy sprawled atop its back holding a long, slender goad with curved end, the stone with some opaque buff mottling and brown mottling on the reverse
6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) long, softwood stand
Provenance
Baroness Marie-Louise von Callenberg Collection, Switzerland, no. 144 (label).
Chait Galleries Ltd., New York, by 1980.
Florence and Herbert Irving, 1980.
The Irving Collection, no. 304.
Chait Galleries Ltd., New York, by 1980.
Florence and Herbert Irving, 1980.
The Irving Collection, no. 304.