17th century The large beast exquisitely carved with wrinkly skin standing foursquare with the head turned sharply to its right, with lotus-leaf-like ears and a long curling trunk, a small boy with jovial expression clambering on its back grasping a broom, a second boy holding an ankus beside the elephant's hind leg, the stone of greenish-white tone with a slight purple streak and minor russet inclusions. 7cm (2 6/8in) long.