17th/18th CenturyCarved from a vertical trapezoidal-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 a 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,转到 Chinese Works of Art Go
注脚:十七/十八世紀 青白玉帶皮太平有象把件Provenance: Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 1981來源:Ralph M. Chait Galleries, 紐約，1981年For another celadon and russet jade carving of the same subject but of larger size, see Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, p.220, no. 170. Like ours, a vessel is carved atop the blanket which centers the elephant's back and the boys clamber to the sides. For a slightly later white jade boy and elephant group, see Gugong Bowuyuan Cang Wenwu Zhenpin Quanji, Jadeware III (Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum), Hong Kong, 1995, p.117, no. 97.