Large Pair of Antique Ceylonese Ebony Elephants
Large Pair of Antique Ceylonese Ebony Elephants
Large Pair of Antique Ceylonese Ebony Elephants
Large Pair of Antique Ceylonese Ebony Elephants
Large Pair of Antique Ceylonese Ebony Elephants
Large Pair of Antique Ceylonese Ebony Elephants
Large Pair of Antique Ceylonese Ebony Elephants
Large Pair of Antique Ceylonese Ebony Elephants

Large Pair of Antique Ceylonese Ebony Elephants

Code: 13384

Dimensions:

H: 29cm (11.4")W: 44cm (17.3")D: 25cm (9.8")

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A superb pair of large 19th Century Ceylonese carved ebony elephants, with bone inset eyes and tusks, mounted on finely carved foliate bases of oval form.

These elephants very likely originate from Galle in the south of Sri Lanka (Ceylon), an area renowned in the 19th century for the production of superbly carved items particularly made of ebony