LAMP OF AN ELEPHANT (ONE OF TWO)
Creator(s): Unknown (Manufacturer)
On view in: First Floor Library
About this object
A pair of lamps with a jade carving of an elephant as its base. Each elephant is carved from solid spinach jade. The body is carved to imitate a rich Caparison. On the top where the houdah usually rests is a candlestick, the central portion of which is a lotus. Each elephant has its truck lowered and curled upward. He stands on a rectangular base which is part of the jade from which the elephant is carved. They have boxy shades and a pink hardstone as finial.
- Object name:
- LAMP OF AN ELEPHANT (ONE OF TWO)
- Made from:
- Jade -- metal -- carnelian -- material
- Made in:
- New York, USA
- Date made:
- mid 19th-early 20th Century
- Size:
- 33 × 24.1 cm (13 × 9 1/2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 62.97.2
- Class:
- HARDSTONE
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973