Lot Essay
A similar elephant was sold at Bonhams Old Bond Street, 15 April 2010, lot 231.
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FRANCE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A SAMSON QAJAR-STYLE POTTERY MODEL OF AN ELEPHANT
FRANCE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The blue and black underglaze painted decoration depicting a tasseled caparison with a lion pouncing on its prey and flying cranes on floral ground, elephant mounted by eight figures wearing tall Qajar hats seating in a howdah, a mahout on its neck and an attendant under its trunk, an openwork figure of a bird underneath its undercarriage, on a compartimented and fenced rectangular base, most figures restored
11¾ x 11in. (37 x 28cm.)
FRANCE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The blue and black underglaze painted decoration depicting a tasseled caparison with a lion pouncing on its prey and flying cranes on floral ground, elephant mounted by eight figures wearing tall Qajar hats seating in a howdah, a mahout on its neck and an attendant under its trunk, an openwork figure of a bird underneath its undercarriage, on a compartimented and fenced rectangular base, most figures restored
11¾ x 11in. (37 x 28cm.)
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