Antique Elephant

As we can see in this example, its shaft is decorated with a stylized elephant head, which gives this weapon the nickname of "elephant knife".

The lotus petal on the rear of the sculpture indicates that this piece was once part of a larger series of sculptures arranged to form a full lotus flower possibly at the base of a S...

It features stylized elephant handles and is decorated with high glaze egyptian scenes upon a matte ground with incised decoration.

Very large Burmese (Myanmar) silver bowl, decorated with repoussed, chased and engraved scenes illustrating a Buddhist Jataka story, probably the ‘Life of Gaudama’, with Prince Vessa...

Under his leadership, the famous blow-out vases are designed. The elephant, plum and rhododendron vases are examples of this.

"The Magic Pond" A Karen Poem: Rains come when frogs croak Birds come when rains come Fish rise when birds come Floods come when fish rise Elephants draw when floods come Timber come...

Standing on ornate carved elephant legs with ivory tusks. The legs unscrew so the top could be hung or mounted on a wall if desired.

John intended a full reissue of the 435 images of the Double Elephant Folio to include 44 parts, the typical part consisting of seven sheets of paper with ten bird images.

Literature : Genryusai Seiya was a highly respected artist producing all manner of bronze okimono and objects towards the late 19th century, his specialist subject was without do...

The image of the Yali has a catlike graceful body, but the head of a lion, the tusks of an elephant and the tail of a serpent. There are also two bird like creatures mounted on th...

The double dome over the seat is full of small details like the beautiful decoration, called Jali, which recurs across all sculpture. Elephants are covered with a fine floral decora...

He initially focused his art on small statuettes of animal subjects such as horses, dogs and elephants. For the first time, in 1886, he exhibited one of his works, A Horse, at the B...

Seated in royal ease on his three-headed elephant Erawan, his left hand resting on his knee and his right hand holding a mace.

The censor is designed with impressive open-winged birds of paradise decorating the enamel body. Two decorative elephant handles accent this censor & adding further to its splendor i...

He often depicts animals, usually those native to Japan such as the black bear, but sometimes more exotic ones such as elephants.

The patina is good and honest with the weathering making them an elephant grey colour. There is some looseness in the joints as one would expect but nothing out of the ordinary.

With a beautiful pierced bronze cast ornated with stylized foliage and elephant heads cast in relief, with a fine blue crystal bowl within the centered part.

The pieces in this group are classically handsome with exceptional shapes and fine details that reward a careful examination. Note the elephant and fish designs on two of them. The m...

The inside bottom is ink-stamped with a series of numbers, as well as the image of an elephant pushing something. A fun and very decorative piece and at a great price!

The gilt and patinated bronze bases consisting of foliate and geometric decoration supported on four bronze elephant head feet. The decoration on this set is characteristic of the...

Bronzes objects from Angkor period includes ritual paraphernalia, sculptures, mirrors and bells for court elephants. All of these items demonstrate the wide importance of bronze obje...

Antique interesting chairs one with arms and one without, all carved with scenes, fruit, leaves, dragons, elephants and topped with Chinese figure finials. In the center backrest of ...

The top is the mythical animal xilin and the bottom is an elephant. In between them are articles of an interior with furniture and vases with flowers.

Imperial Quadrupeds (elephant folio) edition. Paper size: 22 x 28 in.

Early 19th century large wooden Hindu festival icon of Indra, mounted on a seated elephant. The statue still has the holes for the pole to be attached for carrying the icon through ...

Fugen is always shown astride an elephant in the tradition of the Hindu deities which were always accompanied by a vehicle (animal companion).

Clocks adorned with animals, often exotic such as rhinos, elephants and lions, were very fashionable in the 18th century.

Under one handle along the seam is three dimensional procession lead down the side of the drum by a large elephant followed by two smaller elephants, followed by three snails.

Richly embellished with three scales and one title cartouche, two pairs of animals, goats in Scandinavia and elephants in Africa. Winged putti holding navigational instruments surrou...

It is generally depicted as half terrestrial animal in the frontal part (stag, deer, crocodile, or elephant) and half aquatic animal in the hind part (usually a fish or seal tail, th...

His most well known wildlife works were of Panthers, Gazelles, Elephants and Lions often presenting them in pairs in silent communion.

Two further attendants or guards walk in front of the elephant. Mounted and framed. Probably from Benares.

Offered for sale is this fanciful and charming child's coverlet depicting baby animals including elephants, baby chicks, and another some what undefinable species.

The right arm seems almost boneless, which is a typical feature used to depict Buddha in Thailand, mimicking the trump of the elephant, a sacred animal in Buddhism and symbol of the ...

Watermark: Coat of arms Die Coninck van Cochin op een elephant [...]' - (The King of Cochin seated on an elephant, acompanied by his nobles named Nairos.)

This gilt metal brooch is features glass beads fashioned into Egyptian Revival aesthetic motifs along its length. There are elephants, scarab beetles and all seeing eyes. The details...

Original Audubon chromolithograph of the Glossy Ibis Plate 358 is from the Bien Edition of Birds of America, Elephant Folio published in 1860 by Julius Bien.

, but most medieval people would have believed ivory, from an elephant’s “tooth,” to be a kind of bone. At any rate, the use of bone would effectively magnify the association with de...

Four legged table with projections of elephants heads with their mother of pearl tusks. Inferior tray supports an asymetric shelf unveiling a drawer with a gilt bronze turtle decorat...

Under one handle a braided stalk having a three dimensional procession, of two elephants followed by three snails. The possibility exists that the original casting of this drum w...

SELECTED MUSEUMS Musée d’Orsay, Paris (La Plage; Portrait de femme au chapeau bleu) Musée des Beaux-arts, Valenciennes (Tête de vieille flamande) Musée des Beaux-arts, Pau (Élephant...

It had examples of everything from the printing press to sea shells, cheese making to Asian elephants. Many facets of natural history were illustrated but it is the great detail to ...

It is the work of the best local craftsmen, trained at the School of Arts and Crafts of Pondicherry, carved with Hindu ornaments (divinities on the doors of the furniture and on the ...

Watermark: Decorative letter R and 2 elephants Location: PCO-B1-39

Below the image a lotus styled pedestal with a loyal monkey and an elephant bestowing gifts at his feet, below which are decorative elements as well as the surround edged in a gold t...

The Triumph of Fame Scene of Ancient History A Bruges Tapestry Tapestry is part of a series of five subjects on the Triumph of Julius Caesar: 1/ Carriers of Etendards 2/ Elep...

• Metal • - This piece of antique elephant jewelry is tested to be 800 silver. • Markings • - This antique elephant ring is unmarked

Audubon and his family created the lavish double-elephant-size Havell edition of aquatint engravings of The Birds of America, published 1827–38.

We who have traveled do not need to be told that his studies from nature are correct. His lions, elephants, zebras and antelopes are so real that we feel we are gazing at them on the...

Additionally, one can recognize Ganesh (as represented by the elephant) overhead and other Hindu worthies or deities.

The repeating motif in the centre of this type of carpet is known as the ‘Gul’ design which is often thought to depict an elephants foot print.

We who have traveled do not need to be told that his studies from nature are correct. His lions, elephants, zebras and antelopes are so real that we feel we are gazing at them on the...

The edges embellished with symbols of the worldly spheres like temples, figures, elephants, birds and trees, at the outer rim a blue border with a frieze of goats.

Under one handle a procession near the base of two elephants the first larger then the second. Condition: Dark Variegated verdigris greenish bronze patina, pin holes on the body t...

Analysis of the Tapestry Panel: Here one can observe Alexander standing on a chariot dragged by an elephant, advancing to the left where magnificent edifices rise.

On land are Bactrian camels, nomads, and well-engraved elephants. Description: From the 1698 ed. of Mercator's Ptolemy Atlas: 'Claudii Ptolemaei Tabulae Geographicae Orbis Terrarum ...

This metal-over-wood trunk is intricately decorated across the front with a repoussé frieze of embossed metal motifs including elephants, peacocks, blossoms, and horses or dragons.