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2 A MARBLE STONE FRAGMENT OF AN ELEPHANT HEAD
TANG DYNASTY
๔⤳ⴠ䰂䆎仃
finely carved in low relief in profile, with a docile expression, the hooded eyes gazing up and sensitively rendered,
with a network of incised cross-hatched lines on the crown of the head simulating a harness, naturalistic ridges
carved in concentric lines tapering down the trunk towards the base of a tusk, the large flat ear set behind, with
inscribed accession number 22.35, mounted on a wood stand (2)
Height 6¾ in., 17.1 cm
$ 50,000-70,000
PROVENANCE ҳ⎽
Frank Caro, successor to C.T. Loo, New York, ᑄ㭚ٸɀࢎ㒲喍Ⱄ㟦呸㎩Шϧ喎喑㈽㈱喑㈱1959Ꭱ
circa 1959. ट㦯㟙ɀ⧷㗜̶̓喍1978Ꭱ䕊喎ᩣ㫼
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
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