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A GILT-BRONZE CHAMPLEVE AND
CLOISONNE ENAMEL ELEPHANT-
FORM CANDLESTICK
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The candlestick is modelled as an elephant
rendered in horn encased in inlaid gilt-
bronze representing the wrinkled hide,
tusks and trunk, supporting a gilt-bronze
and cloisonné enamel saddle draped
with a blanket inset with hardstones. The
saddle is surmounted by a reticulated inlaid
gilt-bronze vase supporting a candlestick
comprising a champlevé enamel drip pan
decorated with scrolling clouds enclosing
the pricket, together with a gilt-bronze and
cloisonné enamel cover.

11º in. (28.5 cm.) high, box

HK$200,000-300,000
US$26,000-39,000

Compare to a similarly constructed
champlevé and cloisonné enamel elephant
supporting a clock and an openwork cover,
sold at Sotheby’s London, 13 May 2015,
lot 336.

清十八世紀
鏨胎掐絲琺瑯嵌寶石太平有象燭台
連鏤空鎏金銅掐絲琺瑯蓋

可參考一件設計相似的鎏金銅鏨胎掐絲
琺瑯象，上承西洋鐘，頂罩類似的鏤空
鎏金銅蓋，2015年5月13日於倫敦蘇富比
拍賣，拍品336號。

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