A WHITE JADE CARVING OF AN ELEPHANT AND BOY QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD

the animal standing four square with its head turned slightly to the right, with a boy holding a flower spray clambering onto his back

Rothschild Family Collection.

This jade elephant is in good condition, but there is a small bruise to two of the toes of the front left leg and a flaw running under the same foot. There is also a long flaw running across the back of the head, which runs down the right leg. There is also another flaw adjacent to this running from the left ear to its back.
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