Place/s of Execution
Henan / Hebei province, north China, China
Accession Number
1998.18
Department
Asian Art
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Physical description
Elephant with laid-back ears, tusks, standing on lotus base, the legs and trunk joined to base. With head and foliage motif decorated back harness. Bearded 'foreigner', seated on back of elephant, with arms around shaft of candlestick which is topped with lotus with out-turned petal tips with central cylinder. Elephant and foreigner with pierced eyes.