A large bronze 'elephant and Luohan' incense burner and cover


Ming DynastyThe figure seated atop a caparisoned elephant, depicted with the left arm clutching a scroll and the right hand resting on his raised right knee, dressed in long flowing robes falling into voluminous pleats and incised with clouds and cranes and pierced cloud-form openings for smoke, the shaved head with the prominent elongated brow of age and wisdom, the elephant with its head turned sharply to the left, its curled trunk flanked by a pair of sharp tusks, the bronze patinated to a dark chocolate-brown tone.38.5cm (15 1/8in) long. (2).