A VERY RARE IMPERIAL CELADON JADE CAPARISONNED ELEPHANT

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A VERY RARE IMPERIAL CELADON JADE CAPARISONNED ELEPHANT
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

Well carved from a large boulder of rich sea-green tone, the figure of the elephant standing foursquare, the head turned slightly to one side with trunk upcurled, richly caparisonned with a gilt harness and a saddle blanket bejewelled and decorated in champlevé enamel with peach sprays and foliate scroll elements, with a pagoda-shaped howdah on its back, similarly embellished in openwork and suspending flower-form bells (minor losses)
12 1/2 in. (31.7 cm.) overall height, box

來源

The Roy Gamble Collection, Washington D.C.

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Ornately embellished figures of elephants in various materials were found in halls and throne rooms in the Imperial palace. Cf. enamel and gilt-bronze examples in the Yangxin Hall where the Emperor received his officials, illustrated in Palaces of the Forbidden City, Hong Kong, 1986, pls. 78-79; and a pair with similarly ornamented rectangular stands, sold in these Rooms, 29 September 1992, lot 892. Compare also the spinach-green elephant of similar size, dated to the 18th century, from the Estate of Empress Friedrich at Schloss Friedrichshof, included in the exhibition Chinese Jade, Spink London, 1998, no. 23.

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