Pair of Hand Carved Elephant Sculptures on Bases in White Jade

Gorgeous pair of white porcelain elephant sculptures by Royal Dux of the Czech Republic, circa 1970s. Impressive detail and a stunning high g...

Incredibly detailed pair of hand carved ebony rhino / rhinoceros wall plaques / sculptures with glass eyes on a two tone African hardwood, circa 1970s. The plaques are extremely well...

A very nice hand painted porcelain elephant sculpture by Bing & Grondahl of Denmark, circa 1970s. The piece is in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks and measures 6"W...

A well done hand carved soapstone salmon / fish sculpture, circa 1990s. The piece is in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks and measures 13"W x 3.25"D x 3.25"H. A ve...

Pair of Egyptian style Deity "Anubis" bronze greyhounds on marble bases, circa 1970s. The bronzes sit on black marble bases and measure 15"W x 4.5"D x 9"H each. Very nice, well craf...

A truly striking hand carved teak bald eagle head sculpture on wood base, circa 1970s. The piece is in very good vintage condition and measures 15...

Javanese ebony hand carved elephant skeleton sculpture on thick lucite base.

A pair of French carved giltwood eagle sculptures from the early 20th century mounted on new Lucite bases. Born in France in the turn of the century during the Belle Époque era, this...

Vintage hand carved hard wood elephant sculpture. Large heavy ebony dark wood hand carved Anglo Indian elephant sculpture. Gorgeous vintage black hand carv...

Pair brass sculptures on marble bases.

Indian Wooden Wall Sculpture of a Hand-Carved and Hand-Painted Elephant

Good size and top quality carved wildlife sculptures. On the internet and in certain countries in the world you can find many hand carved wooden elephants, but they are mostly of poor to very poor quality when it comes to the actual details. These two impressive bull elephants on the other hand come with tremendous physical details and whomever hand carved this pair must have studied these majestic creatures for a long time. Besides that, he or she must have been a seasoned sculptor/wood-carver, because it takes a special kind of talent to reach this level of craftsmanship. We have searched the worldwide web and there is not a single wooden elephant sculpture out there that even comes close to having the same quality details and/or such perfect anotomy. It does not take a biologist to see that the artist has perfectly captured the soul of these ancient herbivors and therefor too they have great aesthetic and decorative value. Some of the amazing details of these sizable tuskers are their dried-leather-like skins. You just don't find carved elephants like that, because besides being extremely time consuming, it also takes great skill. Other great features/details are the loose skin around the hips and around the 'armpits', the trunks and mouths, the amazing body postures and ofcourse the stunning ears. They too are unlike anything we ever saw in an elephant sculpture. That too is why it did not take 30 seconds for us to know we had to have these in our gallery on 1stdibs (now also home to the most beautiful elephants on earth). Besides being more realistic than any wooden elephant we have seen or sold before, this pair also is fairly large in size. And with them being carved out of solid teakwood they have quite a bit of weight to them as well. Previous owners have clearly taken very, very good care of these midcentury carved elephants which is why they could not be in better condition either. We hope that by giving praise to the beauty of elephants in particular and acknowledging the importance of wildlife on our planet in general, that these stunning sculptures will help raise awareness so that mother nature will not one day be...