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The Property of a Gentleman 紳士藏品

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A very rare Imperial gilt-bronze hat stand
Qianlong
Unusually formed as a gilt-bronze elephant with harness studded
with coloured glass beads and flowers and suspending seed pearl
tassels, the ornate floral repoussé saddle supporting a kneeling
figure of a European in a frock coat with arms raised to hold a flat
octagonal tray upon his head, the tray bearing a lobed vase covered
in filigree white metal overlaid with glass flowers and enamelled
leafy scrolls, with five standing ruyi sceptres balanced on the rim of
the vase made from gilt bronze and set with various semi-precious
stones including jadeite, lapis lazuli and rose quartz surrounded by
Buddhist Emblems, the heads of the sceptres supporting a circular
box chased on the exterior with leafy scrolls, the separate lining
joined with a screw fastening to the cover also chased and scrollwork
and inlaid with yellow, red, blue and green cut glass beads imitating
precious stones in a floral arrangement, the stand all based on a very
dark blue and opaque white glass chequered floor.
49cm (19¼in) high
£80,000 - 120,000
HK$1,000,000 - 1,500,000 CNY790,000 - 1,200,000

清乾隆 御製銅鎏金嵌百寶象式冠架
Provenance: a German private collection, acquired by the father of
the present owner in China prior to 1936.
來源：德國私人收藏，現藏家的父親購於1936年前

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