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127 The elephant is associated with strength, wisdom and
A PAIR OF EMBELLISHED CLOISONNÉ AND CHAMPLEVÉ intelligence, and is also held in high esteem in Buddhist beliefs.
ENAMEL CAPARISONED ELEPHANTS An elephant carrying a vase on its back forms the rebus Taiping
QIANLONG-JIAQING PERIOD (1736-1820) Youxiang, which is a wish for peace and harmony. Models
of elephants with vases on their backs were therefore often
Each elephant supports a vase containing lingzhi sprigs placed on either side of a throne to represent universal peace.
embellished with goldstones, with stylised lotus designs on the
vase, saddle and saddle cloth. The white bodies are inset with A pair of blue cloisonné enamel elephants with vases on
gilt cloisons imitating the wrinkled hide, and the trappings are their backs can be seen fanking the elaborate throne in the
decorated with various coloured stones. Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City, Beijing, in a
The taller 16æ in. (42.5 cm.) high photograph illustrated in Imperial Life in the Qing Dynasty, The
Empress Place Museum, Singapore, 1989, p. 46.
(2)
清乾隆/嘉慶 掐絲琺瑯嵌百寶太平有象一對
£60,000-80,000 $78,000-100,000
€69,000-92,000 來源:美國私人珍藏, 於1980年代入藏, 購自美國舊金山
Dragon House
PROVENANCE

From a private American collection, acquired in the US in the 1980s.
With Dragon House, San Francisco.

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