VINTAGE 10" CEYLON CARVED EBONY ELEPHANT FIGURINE * KANDY SILVER GEMSTONE * RARE

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VINTAGE 10" CEYLON CARVED EBONY ELEPHANT FIGURINE
KANDY, SILVER & GEMSTONES * RARE PIECE
ORNATELY DECORATED ELEPHANT
Stands 10" tall, and 7" long.  Weighs 3 pounds
This is an antique, Ebony, Silver and Semi-precious Gemstone
Elephant Figurine Statue handmade in Ceylon
(now Sri Lanka) circa 1900-1940.
This elephant is clothed for the Kandy Perahera Festival
or Festival of the Tooth of Buddha,
held in Kandy, Sri Lanka.
The highlight of the festival parade is the long line
of beautifully dressed elephants,
during which the Sacred Tooth relic casket,
holding the tooth of the Buddha,
is placed on the back of the lead elephant.
When not in the parade,
the tooth of the Buddha is housed in a sacred temple.
Depicting the lead elephant from the parade,
this is carved from a single piece of ebony wood
and is draped with a silver saddle
set with semi-precious gemstones and dangling silver details.
Tusks, eyes and toenails are of bone.
Indian silver does not have the same content and
regulations as US silver.
** NOTE THE CONDITION IN THE PHOTOS **
ONE OF THE HEADPIECE ORNAMENTS IS MISSING
ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
A FEW OF THE TOE NAILS ARE MISSING.
THERE IS A CRACK IN THE EBONY ON THE BELLY
THE CASKET IS REMOVABLE AND ONE OF THE
DANGLING ORNAMENTS IS MISSING
* BEING SOLD AS IS SO ASK ANY QUESTIONS
OR ASK IF YOU NEED OTHER PHOTOS *
A RARE AND COLLECTIBLE PIECE