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The Property of a Private Collector See a comparable carved bamboo elephant surmounted with a figure
of a foreigner, previously in the Brian McElney collection, in the Hong
352 Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, exhibited and illustrated in Auspicious
A fine bamboo ‘elephant and foreigners’ group Emblems. Chinese Cultural Treasures. 45th Anniversary Exhibition of the
17th/18th century Min Chiu Society, Hong Kong, 2005, p.283, no.183.
Finely carved in the form of an elephant standing on four sturdy feet, its
head turned left with elongated trunk curled backwards, its enormous
face with small eyes and a pair of tusks framed by two large flapping
ears at the sides, the wrinkled body surmounted by two foreign figures
carrying tribute, one wearing upturned cloth cap and seated with legs
spread holding a vase containing precious herbal medicine including
lingzhi and deer antlers, the other semi-bald figure also squatting with
hands outstretched holding a ruyi.
15.5cm high.
HK$250,000 - 350,000
US$32,000 - 45,000

十七/十八世紀 竹雕騎象人物

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