Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912)
The deity depicted on top of an elephant, wearing flowing robes leaving the chest bare, jewels and holding a nyoi-scepter.
HEIGHT 19 cm
Condition: Multiple restorations, the fingers of one hand, a part of the hairband and the tips of both elephant horns missing.
Provenance: From an Austrian private collection. Kept in the same family since the first half of the 20th century and thence by descent.