A Chinese pale celadon and russet jade boy and elephant group A Chinese pale celadon and russet jade boy and elephant group A Chinese pale celadon and russet jade boy and elephant group A Chinese pale celadon and russet jade boy and elephant group A Chinese pale celadon and russet jade boy and elephant group

A Chinese pale celadon and russet jade boy and elephant group

Reference: ART1001744

The group is carved in the round with a smiling boy clambering on an elephant, with one hand holding a cane. The wrinkles on the elephant are finely incised. The stone is of a pale tone with russet wrinkles. With a wood stand. Height of the carving without stand: 8.5 cm.

Catalogue notes: compare a jade elephant with two boys dated to the Qianlong period (1736-1795) sold at Christie's South Kensington, 8 November 2013, lot 1358, and more recently a slightly smaller (6.2 cm. wide) elephant with three boys sold at Sotheby's Paris, 22 June 2017, lot 107. Provenance: From the collection of mr. J.E. Vaandrager