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<p>[QUOTE="aaroncab, post: 1554282, member: 3974"]Got this little fella off the Eboo - another late night purchase (really need to stop that).</p><p><br /></p><p>I think he's carved from some variety of marble. Really not sure where from. Any thoughts? </p><p><br /></p><p>He was covered in nicotine stain, I gently washed him with a bit of gentle soap and water and got some of it off, although he's still tobacco tinted. He's carved very muscularly - actually pretty realistically carved , except the rear part of the body isn't quite as low/big as most elephants - perhaps he's meant to be an older/thinner elephant, or the carver just didn't quite nail it - anyhow he's an interesting creature - and now part of my menagerie. </p><p><br /></p><p>Base has some glue residue. He's 4.5 inches long and about 3.25 inches tall. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]229231[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]229232[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]229233[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]229234[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]229235[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]229236[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]229237[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]229238[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]229239[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]229240[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="aaroncab, post: 1554282, member: 3974"]Got this little fella off the Eboo - another late night purchase (really need to stop that). I think he's carved from some variety of marble. Really not sure where from. Any thoughts? He was covered in nicotine stain, I gently washed him with a bit of gentle soap and water and got some of it off, although he's still tobacco tinted. He's carved very muscularly - actually pretty realistically carved , except the rear part of the body isn't quite as low/big as most elephants - perhaps he's meant to be an older/thinner elephant, or the carver just didn't quite nail it - anyhow he's an interesting creature - and now part of my menagerie. Base has some glue residue. He's 4.5 inches long and about 3.25 inches tall. [ATTACH=full]229231[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]229232[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]229233[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]229234[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]229235[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]229236[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]229237[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]229238[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]229239[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]229240[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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