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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
3009
A FAMILLE ROSE ‘ELEPHANT AND VASE’ CANDLE
HOLDER
QIANLONG-JIAQING PERIOD (1736-1820)
The elephant is naturalistically modelled standing foursquare and turning its head to
the left. 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 and howdah over the back decorated with bats and ruyi
among cresting waves, bearing on his back a zun shaped vase decorated with floral sprays.
6¿ in. (15.5 cm. ) high.
HK$100,000-150,000 US$13,000-19,000
清乾隆 / 嘉慶 粉彩「太平有象」燭臺
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