About item 39
Pair Elephant statue sculpt of translucent to opaque soft green and lavender jadeite with emerald inclusions.
The lapidary has expertly shaped the twin elephants all around from single stones.
From an earthen boulder base rise dense elephants with upward trunks protruding tusks and textured hide in relief.
The nation of the sculpture is Brough to motion by the flapping ears and ancient tradition represents power and strength as guardian of temples and Buddha.
Each carving rises from a conforming footed wood stand.