Indian Table with Elephant & Tiger Motif

An elephant in full regalia has a tiger pinned, and the whole contest sits under glass.

This table with elephant and tiger motif is contemporary work from India, in marble, wrought iron and glass. Contests between elephants and tigers are a familiar theme in Indian courtly art, where they spoke of royal power and the hunt. At the center of the carved marble top, a blanketed elephant presses down on a tiger inside a stepped, clipped-corner panel. A lattice of stars and diamonds spreads out on either side to two round rosettes. The wrought iron base sweeps out in bold scrolls, with a curled stretcher along the center. Forty-eight inches long, 30 deep and 30 high.

Coasters will be a matter of principle.