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Elephant Vase

Elephant Vase

ClassificationsSCULPTURE

Daten.d.

Mediumbronze

Dimensions4 × 11 × 5 in. (10.2 × 27.9 × 12.7 cm.)

DescriptionOne a pair of elephant vases.

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

On view

Label TextAmong the anomalies of Henry Huntington’s collection is a pair of bronze vases in the form of Indian elephants. Though they are the only objects of this type that he acquired, they fit into a larger interest in Asian art. Both Henry and Arabella Huntington acquired, separately and together, a number of Asian antiques for display in their homes.

Object number11.37

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Unknown

n.d.

Object number: 11.38

Mounted Vase [1 of 2]

Mounted Vase [1 of 2]

Unknown, French, 18th Century

porcelain: ca. 1740-1750; mounts: ca. 1750

Object number: 27.25

Mounted Vase [2 of 2]

Mounted Vase [2 of 2]

Unknown, French, 18th Century

porcelain: ca. 1740-1750; mounts: ca. 1750

Object number: 27.26

Unknown

n.d.

Object number: 19.29

Unknown, Chinese

porcelain: ca. 1700 or later; mounts: 1903-1911

Object number: 27.23

Unknown, Chinese

porcelain: ca. 1700 or later; mounts: 1903-1911

Object number: 27.24

Prince Paolo Troubetzkoy

1887

Object number: 11.23

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory

ca. 1770-1775

Object number: 13.19

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory

ca. 1770-1775

Object number: 13.20

19th Century

Object number: 23.11

19th Century

Object number: 23.12

Lidded Vase [1 of 2]

Lidded Vase [1 of 2]

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory

1769

Object number: 27.66