A PALE GREYISH GREEN JADE FIGURE OF AN ELEPHANT AND BOY

A PALE GREYISH GREEN JADE FIGURE OF AN ELEPHANT AND BOY
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The elephant standing with head turned to the side, its back draped with a blanket with fringed ends and carved in low relief on both sides with a design of two bats above rocks and foaming waves, the boy sprawled atop its back holding a long, slender goad with curved end, the stone with some opaque buff mottling and brown mottling on the reverse
6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) long, softwood stand