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ANOTHER PROPERTY
A PAIR OF GREEN AND AMBER-GLAZED FIGURES OF ELEPHANTS
MING DYNASTY, 15TH-17TH CENTURY
Details
A PAIR OF GREEN AND AMBER-GLAZED FIGURES OF ELEPHANTS
MING DYNASTY, 15TH-17TH CENTURY
Each modelled as if in mid-stride atop a rectangular plinth and outfitted with elaborate trappings and a long saddle blanket, the back with a central aperture flanked by large ruyi heads; together with a pair of green-glazed pricket candlesticks, the drip pans molded with stylized lotus lappets
Elephants 15¼ in. (38.7 cm.) long; candlesticks 10 in. (25.4 cm.) high (4)
MING DYNASTY, 15TH-17TH CENTURY
Each modelled as if in mid-stride atop a rectangular plinth and outfitted with elaborate trappings and a long saddle blanket, the back with a central aperture flanked by large ruyi heads; together with a pair of green-glazed pricket candlesticks, the drip pans molded with stylized lotus lappets
Elephants 15¼ in. (38.7 cm.) long; candlesticks 10 in. (25.4 cm.) high (4)
Provenance
George Eumorfopoulos Collection.
Carl Kempe Collection.
Carl Kempe Collection.