Antique Elephants

The handles are in the shape of black enamelled elephant heads. The upper part of the vase is in brown enamel decorated with scrolls.

The citizens of Antwerp sarcastically nicknamed the ship the Elephant, Noah’s Ark, or Lost Cost, mocking the wasted effort and resources.

The artfully carved horses and classic carriages were supplemented with exotic animals such as lions, tigers, giraffes, zebras and elephants. The range of vehicles included gondolas,...

The artfully carved horses and classic carriages were supplemented with exotic animals such as lions, tigers, giraffes, zebras and elephants. The range of vehicles included gondolas,...

Very beautiful Chinese porcelain vase with cracked glaze with 2 handles in the shape of elephant heads from the Qing Dynasty, mounted as a lamp at the end of the 19th century with a ...

A fascinating piece of art represents Indian costume and an elephant rider in the center, through short and soft strokes, details of the artworks are perfectly applied through precis...

Period Indian silver oil lamp of neoclassical inspiration --Early 19th century --Original Throughout including wick tools and flame/ball finial ----heavily inspired by the Roman...

This gorgeous Deco Platinum charm necklace holds 5 unique Platinum charms: A Horse with rider, an Elephant, a Hobo, A carriage, and a windmill with rotating veins.

Ward designed brooches, necklaces and earrings out of such things as tiger claws, elephant hair and fine metals. Among the more unusual products to emerge from 'The Jungle' were regi...

They may be blazoned as follows: Arms: Quarterly 1st and 4th Azure crusily of cross crosslets a cross moline voided or (for Knollys) 2nd and 3rd Gules on a chevron argent three ro...

View of a monastery of the Talapoin in Siam, Thailand, in a landscape with fig tree and several elephants. This print originates from 'Hedendaagsche Historie, of tegenwoordige staat ...

Audubon's first illustrations were published in a large elephant folio size. Due to their expense they were purchased in rather small numbers by the wealthy.

Audubon's first illustrations were published in a large elephant folio size. Due to their expense they were purchased in rather small numbers by the wealthy.

The dial, with calligraphed numbers in Kanji and hands depicting an undulating dragon, is placed on a portico with elephant heads, resting on columns, in the center of a terrace surr...

The hanging, mainly composed of six tapestries (The Elephant, the Dromedary, the Offering to Bacchus, the Offering to Pan and the Musicians) could be adapted at will with main compos...

Each piece is fitted with superb ormolu elephant-form twin handles, The paintings are signed 'L Malpass' for Louis Pierre Malpass, a leading and prolific painter of ceramics in Belle...

Wild beasts, including lions, tigers and elephants roam the interior, while a ship sails in the Indian Ocean.

Hindu Birdcatcher A fine quality, a nineteenth-century bronze cast of the Hindu bird-catcher standing on an elephant skull and holding two birds in the air which are sitting on a bam...

Drawings done in 1916 and 1917 of elephants, snakes and antelope, as well as copies of old master paintings by Holbein and Michelangelo, heralded an impressive emerging talent.

17th century French grotesque tapestry An antique French Beauvais tapestry from the 17th century, depicting a Grotesque scene with an Elephant and performers from an exotic Circus...

Audubon's first illustrations were published in a large elephant folio size. Due to their expense they were purchased in rather small numbers by the wealthy.

Audubon's first illustrations were published in a large elephant folio size. Due to their expense they were purchased in rather small numbers by the wealthy.

Audubon's first illustrations were published in a large elephant folio size. Due to their expense they were purchased in rather small numbers by the wealthy.

Audubon's first illustrations were published in a large elephant folio size. Due to their expense they were purchased in rather small numbers by the wealthy.

The vignettes on such a map could include depictions of significant landmarks like the Qutub Minar in Delhi, or typical scenes of local life, such as depictions of Indian elephants o...

The bodies are surmounted by waisted, tubular necks which are mounted with twin elephant-form handles and lead to petal rims. The vases sit on short, waisted punch bases.

Audubon's first illustrations were published in a large elephant folio size. Due to their expense they were purchased in rather small numbers by the wealthy.

Both cast in the Fiddle & Thread pattern, showing spatulate shaped bowls rising to shouldered stems terminating to handles with hand engraved heraldic crests depicting an elephan...

A pair of Chinese enamel vases with elephant head handles. Decorated with a cloisonné phoenix and flower motif.

Beautifully decorated with a relied decor representing a Japanese religious ceremony on the round-body of the vase, and white elephants'head on the handles, this decorative object re...

This type of elephant head with overtuned trunk shaped feet is a characteristic of the Maison Giroux, which can be found on many objects they produced.

A pair of sinuous, writhing makara snake down on either side of the Kirtimukha, their heads, with long snouts and elephant trunks, looking upwards, and offering up a flaming jewel, n...

A decorative title cartouche in the right upper corner includes two mythical-style male gods, two native black men, a lion, ostrich, elephant, and alligator. There is a coat-of-arms ...

A pair of bronze Meiji period lamps highly decorated with elephant head handles and ornate birds on flowering branches in the centre, top and base.

Audubon's first illustrations were published in a large elephant folio size. Due to their expense they were purchased in rather small numbers by the wealthy.

Audubon's first illustrations were published in a large elephant folio size. Due to their expense they were purchased in rather small numbers by the wealthy.

The candelabras are called, vase à tête d'éléphant, which translates to elephant head vase. These were originally designed as vases with an intent to place candelabra arms on them, a...

Audubon's first illustrations were published in a large elephant folio size. Due to their expense they were purchased in rather small numbers by the wealthy.

Has the title as the God of knowledge and intelligence, the God of protection, the God of repel or disaster and the God of wisdom. The semi-elephant semi-human deity is also known as...

Audubon's first illustrations were published in a large elephant folio size. Due to their expense they were purchased in rather small numbers by the wealthy.

Audubon's first illustrations were published in a large elephant folio size. Due to their expense they were purchased in rather small numbers by the wealthy.

Each vase resting on a group of four orientalist style jeweled elephant heads, each base signed and inscribed: F.

Served as an architectural pole in a Burmese temple in its previous life, this impressive pole was carved out of a single trunk of teak wood and is now displayed as an object d'art. ...

Programme poour Le Chariot de Terre Cutte Lithograph printed in blue on pink tint thin wove paper, 1895 Signed with the artist's "TL" monogram (see photo) lower center edge Published...

On land, detailed engravings of Bactrian camels, nomadic figures, and well-engraved elephants enrich the visual appeal of the map. **Historical Context:** This map is from the 1698...

The rectangular clock base is supported by four elephant heads feet. The pair of four candleholders has the same bronze and champlevé work and the stem has at its top center a crane ...

Set of cast iron vibrantly painted decorative doorstops, Early 20th century. Set consist of elephant, rabbit, lion, two cats, two young ladies and country cottage.

This product was launched by advertisements with images of sphinxes, pyramids, palm trees and the famous elephant which was redesigned by the poster artist Leonetto Cappiello in 1912.

Description: Plate: 'Audience des Rois de Cambodia dans leur Palais defendu pas 16 elephants et 24 pieces de canon. (Audience before the Kings of Cambodia in their Palace, protected ...

He also worked closely with Georgene Faulkner to illustrate her Little Peachling and Other Tales of Old Japan, as well as The White Elephant and Other Tales from Old India, using Jap...

. - Fayfena ou Brigantin des Japonais, dont la proue est comme la tete d'un elephant. Satyri sylvestris, Orang Outang dicti.' Original antique print with four different views.

Audubon's first illustrations were published in a large elephant folio size. Due to their expense they were purchased in rather small numbers by the wealthy.

The detail and color are incredible with a man's portrait in each corner and flowers, garlands, birds and elephants throughout. It looks to have been always hung on a wall because of...

Delicately handmade and etched, hammered and carved with very Fine jungle, animals like elephants and deers and tigers, monkeys and Hindu figures scenes designs.

Each candlestick features a body formed from a mythical beast—half elephant, half dragon—with the candle stem rising from its back, culminating in a single candle holder above a drip...

Audubon's first illustrations were published in a large elephant folio size. Due to their expense they were purchased in rather small numbers by the wealthy.

19th Century encased paper model of an Indian grocery store Quite simple this is an amazing decorative object, encased in a 19th century glass and pine display, a handmade paper mod...

The feet are in the shape of an elephant's head. Transformed into a lamp at the beginning of the 20th century, this vase has a removable leather compartment containing the electric...

The square patinated bronze pedestal support displays four intricately detailed plaques of gladiators in horse-drawn chariots, centurions on horse back and Romans transporting suppli...

The whole rests on a base with a foliage pattern, supported by elephant heads. Biography : “L’Escalier de Cristal”, an old and famous Parisian firm, specialized in glass products an...