A rare painted grey pottery figure of a caparisoned elephant surmounted by a candle holder Tang dynasty Modelled naturalistically standing four-square, the lowered trunk curled upwards between the tusks, the back draped by a blanket with lotus bud shaped fringed border and fastened with beaded trappings, surmounted by a lotus flower candlestick clasped at the knobbed shaft by a foreign bearded rider, white slip with brick-red and black pigments, restored 60 cm. high, 70 cm. long
A rare painted grey pottery figure of a caparisoned elephant surmounted by a candle holder Tang dynasty Modelled naturalistically standing four-square, the lowered trunk curled upwards between the tusks, the back draped by a blanket with lotus bud shaped fringed border and fastened with beaded trappings, surmounted by a lotus flower candlestick clasped at the knobbed shaft by a foreign bearded rider, white slip with brick-red and black pigments, restored 60 cm. high, 70 cm. long
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