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A RARE PAIR OF CLOISONNE 清十八世紀初

ENAMEL ‘ELEPHANT AND 掐絲琺瑯太平有象花插一對
VASE’ GROUPS
來源：
QING DYNASTY, EARLY 18TH Walter and Lucie Rosen 收藏，1920至1940年代入藏
紐約州卡洛摩音樂藝術中心收藏
CENTURY
each superbly cast in the form of a caparisoned elephant
standing sturdily foursquare with its head turned to one side,
supporting on its back a cloisonné enamel saddle beneath a
vase of meiping form, the exterior of the hollow turquoise-
ground vessel decorated with large lotus blooms below a floral
frieze encircling the waisted neck, the gilt animal portrayed
with a pair of crescent eyes flanked by large ears with thin
veins running through, above a long curling trunk between
a pair of long tapering tusks, its corpulent body detailed
with characteristic wrinkles and adorned with ornamental
trappings set with semi-precious stones, further depicted
draped with a cloisonné enamel tasselled caparison vibrantly
decorated with bats flying amidst swirling clouds and above
rocks and crashing waves
26.5 cm, 10⅜ in.
PROVENANCE
Collection of Walter and Lucie Rosen, purchased in the
1920s-1940s.
Collection of Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts.

HK$ 1,800,000-2,500,000
US$ 230,000-319,000