About item 18
Elephant statue sculpt of translucent lavender jadeite with slight green highlights.
The Lapidary has expertly chiselled this piece all around from a single stone.
From an earthen boulder base rise three standing elephants with upward trunks & protruding tusks.
The action of the sculpture is brought to motion by the flapping ears and in ancient tradition represents power and strength as guardian of temples and buddha.