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A SEMI-OPAQUE WHITE GLASS 'CAPARISONED ELEPHANT' 來源：
BOTTLE Edward Dane夫人
Possibly Palace Workshops, Beijing, 1770-1850 Skinner拍賣行，波士頓，2008年4月，拍品號165
Of large spade-shape profile with the elephant's body narrowing Robert Hall，倫敦，2008年
towards the animals four small feet that support the entire body, one 露芙及卡尔‧巴伦珍藏，Belmont，马萨诸塞州，編號5180
narrow side carved with the elephant's head turning to one side and 佳士得，紐約，露芙及卡尔‧巴伦珍藏，2016年3月16日，拍品號448
the other narrow side with extensive strapwork that supports the finely
detailed blankets that hang to either main side and that are engraved See the footnote to lot 440 in this sale.
with star and hexagonal cells with key-pattern borders below a ruyi-
shaped cloud-collar that envelops the rounded shoulders and is further
engraved with four plantain leaf veins at the tips, all below a cylindrical
neck with regular mouth opening.
2 1/2in (6.2cm) high, stopper
$4,500 - 7,000

1770-1850 白料刻「太平景象」鼻煙壺一件
或爲宮廷作坊，北京
Provenance:
Mrs. Edward Dane
Skinner's, Boston, April 2008, lot 165
Robert Hall, London, 2008
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5180
Christie's New York, The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, 16 March
2016, lot 448

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