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Pair of 19th Century Chinese Export Rose Mandarin Bottle Form Vases
Located in Woodbury, CT
gilded elephant head handles, and figural decoration. Measures: 12.75 inches high by 7 inches
Category

Antique 1870s Chinese Chinese Export Vases

Materials

Porcelain

RUCHLLI LUCERNE. A Yellow Gold Blue Zircon Bangle
Located in London, GB
Set to the centre with a collet-set brilliant-cut blue zircon, flanked by two elephant heads
Materials

22k Gold

Large Japanese Bronze Koro (incense burner)
Located in Woodbury, CT
. Three legs topped with horned and other demons standing on upside down foo dogs. Elephant heads on the
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Pair of Oriental Style Chandeliers
Located in Paris, FR
around a lobed pierced gilt bronze wreath, decorated with stylized foliage and elephant heads cast in
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Japanese Bronze Vases, Mounted as Lamps
Located in Woodbury, CT
The body of chased bronze depicting flowers and leaves. Handles of elephant heads. Topped with
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Ganesh Mask
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Ganesha elephant head ceremonial mask. Ganesha is regarded as the remover of obstacles, the
Category

20th Century Indian Folk Art Masks

Japanese Bronze Planter
Located in Woodbury, CT
Deeply carved high relief scenes of cranes, some with water plants, lilies and reeds. Elephant
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Herter Brothers 19th Century Aesthetic Movement Center Table
By Herter Brothers
Located in New York, NY
library table Masterfully conceived and carved elephant's heads and trunks as legs. Carved Lion's head
Category

Antique 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Center Tables

Postmodern Aluminium and Brass Champagne or Wine Cooler by Arthur Court
By Arthur Court
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
and red jasper gemstone eyes. The elephant's head is hinged allowing for storage of ice and or a
Category

Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Animal Sculptures

Materials

Aluminum, Brass

1950s Phaa Lor, Ceremonial Mattress Cover
Located in Taipei, TW
1950s Phaa Lor, ceremonial mattress cover woven to increase merit and only later used as elephant
Category

Vintage 1950s Thai Tribal Textiles

Materials

Cotton

Elephant Bracelet in Sterling Silver
Located in London, GB
small full body elephants at each end. Each Elephant and Elephant Head is solid and gives this bracelet
Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Contemporary Modern Bracelets

1950s Phaa Lor, Ceremonial Mattress Cover
Located in Taipei, TW
1950s Phaa Lor, ceremonial mattress cover woven to increase merit and only later used as elephant
Category

Vintage 1950s Thai Tribal Textiles

Materials

Cotton

Indian Polychorme Hand Carved Statue of Lord Ganesha
Located in Stamford, CT
) is the elephant-headed god in Hinduism. He is the son of Shiva and Parvati. Ganesha is a very popular
Category

20th Century Indonesian Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

19th Century Japanese Style Tray attributed to L.C. Sevin, F. Barbedienne
By F. Barbedienne Foundry, Louis-Constant Sevin
Located in Paris, FR
four elephant heads feet topped by handles with typical lambrequin from Barbedienne’s production.
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Serving Pieces

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

Rust Ganesh Dharma Necklace Pendant
By Clara Williams
Located in Chicago, IL
Hand-painted from Jaipur, steeped in legend. Displays Ganesh, the elephant-headed Hindu god of
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Pendant Necklaces

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver

Huge Life Size French Bronze Fountain
Located in Seaford, GB
in the Paris Suburbs. A beautiful maiden leans on an elephant’s head. Very well modelled by the
Category

20th Century French Fountains

Materials

Bronze

The Elephant in the Room
By Clive Head
Located in Boston, MA
Elephant in the Room recalls Head’s memories of a visit to New York with his wife Gaynor, and
Category

2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Anglo Indian Pair Rosewood Side Tables-Elephant Legs. Elaborate Bone Inlay
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
trunks curling up over a peg foot. The elephant heads on the legs have bone inlays in elaborate geometric
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Side Tables

Materials

Bone, Wood

11th Century Ganesh in Volcanic Stone from Java
Located in Hudson, NY
lotus flower possibly at the base of a Stupa. Ganesh the elephant headed god is worshipped
Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Indonesian Sculptures

French Oriental Style Gilt Bronze Chandelier, circa 1870
Located in Paris, FR
pierced bronze cast ornated with stylized foliage and elephant heads cast in relief, with a fine blue
Category

Antique 19th Century French Moorish Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Ormolu

Continental Porcelain Japonism Hand Painted Gilt Encrusted Twin Handle Vase
Located in WILMINGTON, CA
ground. Figural gilt elephant heads to the handles. Unknown maker mark to the underside, but most likely
Category

Antique 19th Century Vases

Materials

Porcelain

Contemporary Sculpted Elephant Dining Chair in Gold and Velvet Seat Cushion
By Splinter Works
Located in Bath, GB
instance, your hand lingers over the profile of an elephant’s head, which fits pleasingly in the ball of
Category

2010s English Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Aluminum

Planter with elephant handles by Théodore Deck, circa 1870
By Theodore Deck
Located in Paris, FR
splendid elephant-headed handles are a reference to Indian culture. In this work, Theodore Deck uses
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Chinoiserie Planters, Cachepots and Jard...

Materials

Faience

Large Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Period Bronze Vase of Fine Quality
Located in Suffolk, GB
consists of a flared rim with geometric decoration to the edge with elephant head decoration. This leads
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Vases

Materials

Bronze

French Japonism Style Gilt and Patinated Bronze Incense Burner Set
Located in Suffolk, GB
consists of geometric and foliate designs and is supported on four bronze elephant head feet. The two
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Antique Late 19th Century French Japonisme Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Sculpted Bronze Contemporary Elephant Banquet Dining Table in Gold and Glass
By Splinter Works
Located in Bath, GB
profile of an elephant’s head, which fits pleasingly in the ball of the hand. More striking perhaps, is
Category

2010s English Dining Room Sets

Materials

Bronze

Couleurs de Geraldine Gold Diamond Elephant Earrings Nuvory Nut Ivory
By Couleurs de Géraldine
Located in Amsterdam, NL
These earrings feature NiNi’s signature elephant head emblem in 18 karat yellow gold and a smooth
Category

2010s Italian Contemporary Drop Earrings

Materials

Diamond, 18k Gold

Chinese Hollywood Regency Art Moderne Pair of Porcelain Moon-Flask Vases, 20th C
Located in Brooklyn, NY
the other side. The elephant-head style ornamental handles just add another element of amusement to
Category

20th Century Chinese Hollywood Regency Vases

Materials

Porcelain

Ganesh Ruminates
By Brian Fekete
Located in Stowe, VT
composition, a distorted and stretched image of an elephant’s head rendered in a precise style of a printed
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Gouache

My Head is an Elephant No. 5
Located in Pound Ridge, NY
Silkscreen 1/1
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

My Head is an Elephant No. 1
Located in Pound Ridge, NY
Silkscreen
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

My Head is an Elephant No. 3
Located in Pound Ridge, NY
Silkscreen
My Head is an Elephant No. 2 (Large)
Located in Pound Ridge, NY
Silkscreen 1/1
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

My Head is an Elephant No. 3 (Large)
Located in Pound Ridge, NY
Silkscreen
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

My Head is an Elephant No. 4 (Large)
Located in Pound Ridge, NY
Silkscreen
Category

Contemporary Abstract Prints

Extraordinary Bhuj Axe in Gold and Steel with Inlaid Silver Decoration
Located in Madrid, ES
this example, its shaft is decorated with a stylized elephant head, which gives this weapon the
Category

Antique 19th Century Pakistani Other Arms, Armor and Weapons

Materials

Gold, Silver, Steel

Japanese Style Table Attributed to The Parisian Society Daï-Nippon
Located in Marseille, FR
this geometrical marquetry. Four legged table with projections of elephants heads with their mother of
Category

Antique 1890s French Japonisme Side Tables

Materials

Bronze

Gold-Plated Bronze Baku by John Landrum Bryant
By H.H. Prince John Landrum Bryant
Located in New York, NY
USEFUL MYTHICAL CREATURE: THE BAKU. WITH AN ELEPHANT HEAD, A TIGER BODY AND AN OX'S TAIL, IT IS TO BE
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Figurines and Sculpt...

Materials

Gold Plate, Bronze, Silver Plate

GRAY MARBLE AND WOOD Minimalist Sculpture
By Adolph Dioda
Located in Los Angeles, CA
renderings of animal or human forms - an elephant's head, a pelican, a girl in repose. More complex figures
Standing Elephant, bronze sculpture
By Beth Carter
Located in Boston, MA
This bronze casting of a mythological creature, depicts an elephant animal head on a human body and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Ganesh at the Well
By Brian Fekete
Located in Stowe, VT
paper. Painterly apple green grounds the head of an elephant, rendered in black ink on white negative
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Gouache

Pair of Bronze Elephant and Rider Table Lamps
Located in Woodbury, CT
to the elephants' back and heads' A mahoot sits on the neck of the elephants holding reigns. A howdah
Category

Late 20th Century Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Ganesha, Modern Impressionist Figurative Painting, 2022, Original Triptych
By Topher Straus
Located in Golden, CO
"Ganesha" Original Edition Triptych. This awe-inspiring digital artwork portrays the elephant-headed god
Category

2010s Abstract Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Metal

Ganesha, Modern Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Painting, 2022, Limited Ed
By Topher Straus
Located in Golden, CO
"Ganesha" Limited Edition. This awe-inspiring digital artwork portrays the elephant-headed god amidst a
Category

2010s Abstract Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Metal

Pair of Gilt Bronze Celestial Mythical Bird Elephant Swan Kocha Puksa, Siam 1800
Located in Monterey, CA
body color with the head of an elephant, with lower body of a swan or Hongsa, and the torso and arms
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Thai Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bronze

Empire Tripod Stand
By Empire Furniture
Located in Ceske Mezirici, CZ
symbols like a head of elephant and a face coming from ancient.
Category

Antique 1840s Czech Empire Furniture

Materials

Metal

Tone Vigeland 1960s Modernist Silver Ring
By Tone Vigeland
Located in Oslo, NO
PLUS, Norway designs. Figurative depiction of a swan or the head of an elephant The ring is in very
Category

Vintage 1960s Norwegian Modernist Fashion Rings

Materials

Silver

God Ganesha Stele. Uttar Pradesh, 10th - 11th Century
Located in Rome, IT
This stele displays the God Ganesha with human body and elephant´s head performing the sacred dance
Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Indian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Sandstone

Rare Indian Embroidered Cloth, 17th Century
Located in Vigevano, IT
Beautiful finely decorated ancient cloth. One piece used to adorn the head of elephant during
Category

Antique Early 17th Century Indian Raj Tapestries

Materials

Gold, Silver

Superb Angkor Figure Indra
Located in Amsterdam, NL
of a flamed niche. Seated in royal ease on his three-headed elephant Erawan, his left hand resting on
Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Cambodian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Cast Stone

ROYAL ELEPHANT HEAD Shirt Studs
By H.H. Prince John Landrum Bryant
Located in New York, NY
18k. Diamond Eyes. Sold as set of 4. This piece was made in Manhattan entirely by hand, and was cast, one at a time, using the lost wax process. Prince John Landrum Bryant Created an...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary More Jewelry

Materials

Diamond, 18k Gold

Sterling Silver Elephant Head Cufflinks by John Landrum Bryant
By H.H. Prince John Landrum Bryant
Located in New York, NY
Sterling Silver. This piece was made in Manhattan entirely by hand, and was cast, one at a time, using the lost wax process. Prince John Landrum Bryant Created and Designed this piec...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Cufflinks

Materials

Sterling Silver, Silver

Black Rhodium Plated Antique Bronze Baku by John Landrum Bryant
By H.H. Prince John Landrum Bryant
Located in New York, NY
USEFUL MYTHICAL CREATURE: THE BAKU. WITH AN ELEPHANT HEAD, A TIGER BODY AND AN OX'S TAIL, IT IS TO BE
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Figurines and Sculpt...

Materials

Rhodium, Silver Plate, Bronze

Silver Plated Bronze Baku by John Landrum Bryant
By H.H. Prince John Landrum Bryant
Located in New York, NY
USEFUL MYTHICAL CREATURE: THE BAKU. WITH AN ELEPHANT HEAD, A TIGER BODY AND AN OX'S TAIL, IT IS TO BE
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary More Objets d Art an...

Materials

Gold Plate, Silver Plate, Bronze

Indian coffee table with elephant-heads legs shaped like elephant heads
Located in S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
Indian coffee table with elephant-heads legs shaped like elephant heads. Hand-carved top with
Category

Vintage 1950s Indian Anglo-Indian Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Bone, Wood

Charming Elephant Head Cufflinks
Located in Aspen, CO
Coral elephant heads, ivory tusks and 18K yellow gold cufflinks.
Hand-Carved Elephant Head
Located in Chicago, IL
This monumental hand-carved elephant head is made from teakwood and is from Thailand. The details
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Thai Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Teak

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Elephant Heads For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of elephant heads is available at 1stDibs. The range of distinct elephant heads — often made from wood, metal and brass — can elevate any home. There are all kinds of elephant heads available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. There are many kinds of elephant heads to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Mid-Century Modern, Art Deco and Hollywood Regency elephant heads are of considerable interest. There have been many well-made elephant heads over the years, but those made by Maitland Smith, Arcade International and Architectural Fiberglass are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are Elephant Heads?

Prices for elephant heads can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, elephant heads begin at $95 and can go as high as $115,000, while the average can fetch as much as $1,800.
Questions About Elephant Heads
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Yes, you can mount an elephant head. However, if you acquire one, it is best to have a professional taxidermist do the work for you to ensure that you do not damage it. You'll find a selection of taxidermy on 1stDibs.