A green and russet jade 'elephant and boy' group


Ming DynastyCarved as a caparisoned elephant standing foursquare with its head and trunk between long tusks turned slightly to the left, a boy atop the elephant holding an ankus, the elephant further harnessed with decorative trappings and with naturalistically-outlined wrinkles across the body, the stone of a yellowish colour extensively dotted with russet. 6cm (2 3/8in) long.
|明 綠玉帶皮童子騎象擺件Provenance: Knapton Rasti Asian Art Ltd., Chinese Works of Art, London, October 2013, no.19Durwin Tang Collection來源：2013年10月購於倫敦Knapton Rasti Asian Art Ltd.，「Chinese Works of Art」，編號19鄧德雍收藏