Asian Art Day One - 19th May 2010

Lot 95

A small Chinese gilt bronze model of an elephant

Estimate £3,000 - £5,000

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Description

A small Chinese gilt bronze model of an elephant, the pachiderm standing four square decorated with swirls and with a textured skin, his long tusks curving together, and with his trunk slightly raised, bearing a howdah with a frilled edge, 18th century, 9.5cm long.