Featured Carved Dancing Elephants

Picked up this little carving today. It is a grand total of 2" tall not including the little stand I found for it when I got home. I'm pretty sure it is resin of some sort, but it has A convincing look of Ivory. Has two impressed Japan marks on the bottom.
Mikey

 

So cute. Good luck with their trunks up.

 

The disk they stand on appears to be Celluloid or similar. Is the whole piece fairly light in weight?

 

Very cute!

 

Yes it is very lightweight.
@Bookahtoo I buy these little bases every time I see them. Ya never know lol.

 

Mikey, where do you see those bases?? At a thrift??

 

Yes mostly thrift stores. I have half a dozen or so right now.
Mikey

 

I once found a box of close to 30 of those wood bases in various sizes at an estate sale. They weren't old but they were $5.

 

I would have bought them lol
Mikey

 

Thanks, they're very cool!!

 

Sometimes i get very lucky matching them up. This is a marriage. and
It fit so well that the vase at 5 pounds spins on the base with no effort.

 

Yes, it is resin, but one of those quality pieces that has some value. That base really 'elevates' them.

 

I hope it elevates them in more ways than one.
I really do use the bases as more of a selling tool. seems to work for me.
Thank you all for sharing your thoughts. I really appreciate every one of you.
Mikey

 

It does. Both in height and in value, should you sell the base with the elephants.

@bosko69 , fantjes!

 

Are the elephants solid or hollow?

 

Solid
Mikey

 

I bet that held a glass ball or the like.

 

If your local auction house is selling an Asian collection it’s worth checking the back end of the catalog/listings for a lot of these bases. I’ve bought serval large boxes full in those circumstances. From tiny to big ones. If there’s some real high quality old ones in the lots they will sell for decent money but if it’s vintage bases of average quality they can slip through real cheap.