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THE PROPERTY OF AN ASIAN COLLECTOR
A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ‘ELEPHANT AND VASE’ CANDLE HOLDERS
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Details
A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ‘ELEPHANT AND VASE’ CANDLE HOLDERS
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each elephant is naturalistically modelled standing foursquare and turning its head. The body and head are finely enamelled in pale brown and pencilled in black to simulate hair. Caparisoned with a polychrome chevron harness around its rump and shoulder, a colourful saddle-cloth over the back decorated with bats and ruyi among cresting waves, bearing on its back a zun-shaped vase decorated with floral sprays.
13 1⁄4 in. (34 cm.) wide
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each elephant is naturalistically modelled standing foursquare and turning its head. The body and head are finely enamelled in pale brown and pencilled in black to simulate hair. Caparisoned with a polychrome chevron harness around its rump and shoulder, a colourful saddle-cloth over the back decorated with bats and ruyi among cresting waves, bearing on its back a zun-shaped vase decorated with floral sprays.
13 1⁄4 in. (34 cm.) wide
Provenance
Acquired in Hong Kong prior to 1999
Brought to you by
Marco Almeida (安偉達)
SVP, Senior International Specialist, Head of Department & Head of Private Sales