A Pair of Parcel-Gilt Bronze Elephant and Gu-Form Vases
17TH/18TH CENTURY
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A Pair of Parcel-Gilt Bronze Elephant and Gu-Form Vases
17th/18th Century
Each well cast as a richly caparisoned elephant with turned head supporting a gu-shaped vase, with foliate scroll cast in relief around the central section
17in. (44.8cm.) high (2)
Lot Essay
A very similar vase was included in the exhibition, Selected Pieces from the Collections of the ROC Society of Art Collectors, Singapore, 1989, p. 208, no. 207.
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