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A GOOD PAIR OF CLOISONNE ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE ELEPHANT LANTERN HOLDERS
QIANLONG
Each gilt-bronze elephant with head turned to the side richly caparisoned and draped with a blanket decorated with red bats in flight above waves and rocks, with a baluster vase rising from the center of the saddle acting as the base for a knopped pole surmounted by a hooked, cloisonne enamel arm of dragon-scroll form suspending a loose ring, minor chipping of enamels--20 1/4 in. (51.5cm.) high, wood stands carved as lotus plants (2)
QIANLONG
Each gilt-bronze elephant with head turned to the side richly caparisoned and draped with a blanket decorated with red bats in flight above waves and rocks, with a baluster vase rising from the center of the saddle acting as the base for a knopped pole surmounted by a hooked, cloisonne enamel arm of dragon-scroll form suspending a loose ring, minor chipping of enamels--20 1/4 in. (51.5cm.) high, wood stands carved as lotus plants (2)