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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF IRA AND NANCY KOGER
AN UNUSUAL FAMILLE ROSE ELEPHANT-FORM VESSEL
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Details
AN UNUSUAL FAMILLE ROSE ELEPHANT-FORM VESSEL
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Modelled in a recumbent position with head turned to the side, the tan body scored in imitation of the hide, arrayed in tassle-hung trappings and a gilt-decorated blanket set beneath a 'cushion' bordered in yellow trefoil fringe and decorated with flower scrolls on a black ground that surround the opening in the back, a 'shagreen' pommel projecting from beneath the front of the 'cushion'
4¼ in. (10.9 cm.) long
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Modelled in a recumbent position with head turned to the side, the tan body scored in imitation of the hide, arrayed in tassle-hung trappings and a gilt-decorated blanket set beneath a 'cushion' bordered in yellow trefoil fringe and decorated with flower scrolls on a black ground that surround the opening in the back, a 'shagreen' pommel projecting from beneath the front of the 'cushion'
4¼ in. (10.9 cm.) long
Provenance
Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 19 November 1986, lot 269.