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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ELEPHANT AND
STAND
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
standing four-square, the head turned to the right with a long
curled trunk flanked by tusks, the turquoise body caparisoned
with a saddle draped with a cloth decorated with auspicious
motifs including a flying bat on each side, surmounted by a
yellow archaistic gu vase detailed with stylised lotus scrolls, all
supported on a plinth platform centered with a dragon motif
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The elephant: 31.5 cm, 12⅜ in.
PROVENANCE
Interior view of Detring’s home, Tianjin, circa 1890s. Collection of Gustav Detring (1842-1913) and/or Constantin
von Hanneken (1854-1925), and thence by descent.
£ 15,000-25,000
HK$ 155,000-258,000 US$ 19,700-32,900
清十九世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯太平有象
來源
德璀琳(1842-1913) 或漢納根(1854-1925)收藏， 自此家族傳承
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