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A BRONZE FIGURE OF A CAPARISONED ELEPHANT MING DYNASTY
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description
- bronze
portrayed with tasseled trappings and a cloud-patterned blanket on its back, supporting a vase on a lotus, the handler holding a goad and seated on the back of the pachyderm's neck, wood stand (2)
Provenance
Collection of Stephen Alexander Hunter (1851-1923), acquired while serving as a missionary in China from 1879-1891 and thence by descent.
Literature
Catalogue of Chinese and Japanese Curios Collected by the Rev. S.A. Hunter, L.L.D., Missionary to China: Loan Exhibition at The South Side Presbyterian Church, October 28th-November 2nd, 1895, Pittsburgh, no. 77.