CHINESE
Candlestick
680 CE

Medium
stoneware, pigment

Measurements
34.4 × 25.1 × 16.2 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1998

Gallery location
Asian Art - Chinese Gallery
Level 1, NGV International

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Henan / Hebei province, north China, China

Accession Number
1998.18

Department
Asian Art

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Gordon Darling Foundation

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.

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CHINESE
Candlestick
680 CE