17th/18th Century Carved from a vertical trapazoidal shaped pebble with a wrinkled old elephant with long tusks and head bowed to one side and wearing a fringed lotus blanket over his back which is surmounted by the laughing twins, Hehe Erxian, one holding a circular box, the other a lotus stem and clambering either side of tripod censer and cover ding, the toes and underside of the feet well delineated, the attractive stone with areas of skin and inclusions highlighting the scene; with a stepped stand. 3 1/2in (9cm) high