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A SMALL GILT-BRONZE AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL
MODEL OF A STUPA
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The cloisonné enamel domed section with a false door below a tall, stepped
finial surmounted by sun and moon symbols, supported on a waisted
pedestal and raised on a stepped square base decorated with lion masks, a
seated Buddha and lions
5¡ in. (13.7 cm.) high
$4,000-6,000

PROVENANCE:
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.

清十八世紀 銅胎鎏金掐絲琺瑯佛塔
來源:
詹姆斯及瑪麗蓮·阿爾斯多夫珍藏，芝加哥。

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A PAIR OF MINIATURE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL FIGURES
OF ELEPHANTS
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
Perhaps made to hold sticks of incense, each decorated in white enamel The elephant is the embodiment of strength, wisdom and intelligence,
with gilt wires suggesting wrinkled skin, with yellow eyes and gilt tusks, and the vase represents eternal harmony. The combination of the two
each caparisoned in a harness, and a saddlecloth decorated with waves and conveys the rebus taiping youxiang, 'peaceful times' or 'when there is
clouds and surmounted by a vase peace, there are signs'.
2æ in. (7 cm.) long (2)
$8,000-12,000 清十八/十九世紀 袖珍掐絲琺瑯太平有象一對
來源:
PROVENANCE: Rare Art，Inc.，紐約，1972年1月12日。
Rare Art, Inc., New York, 12 January 1972. 詹姆斯及瑪麗蓮·阿爾斯多夫珍藏，芝加哥。
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.

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