IMPRESSIVE GILTWOOD AND LACQUER MODEL OF AN ELEPHANT
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£6,000 - £9,000
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Bidding ended. Lot is unsold.
IMPRESSIVE GILTWOOD AND LACQUER MODEL OF AN ELEPHANT, MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912) the wood elephant draped with a caparison decorated in gold, silver, black and red hiramaki-e, nashiji, centred on both sides by phoenix roundels, the beast standing four square and supporting a giltwood dragon boat which is surmounted by a crystal ball, 42cm high
