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AN ARCHAISTIC CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL
VASE, GU
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The mid-section of the vase is decorated with a
colourful archaistic taotie design, set between
green blades with stylised patterns on the upper
and lower sections of the vessel. There are
protruding fanges running along the sides of the
vase decorated with key-fret.
11Ω in. (29.3 cm.) high
£6,000-8,000 $7,900-10,000
€6,700-8,900
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s London, 11 May 2016, lot 92.

清乾隆 鏨胎琺瑯仿古饕餮紋觚式
瓶

來源: 倫敦蘇富比2016年5月11日拍
賣,拍品92號

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN
183 COLLECTION
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A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL
ELEPHANTS
JIAQING PERIOD (1796-1820)
The white elephants are modelled in mirror image,
with gilt wires simulating wrinkled skin. Each
elephant is caparisoned in a brightly patterned
harness with a saddlecloth decorated with a bat
and a musical stone, supporting a red twin-
handled vase and cover decorated with lotus
sprays.
7¿ in. (18 cm.) long
(2)
£6,000-8,000 $7,900-10,000
€6,700-8,900
The elephant is the embodiment of strength,
wisdom and intelligence, and the vase represents
eternal harmony. The combination of the two
conveys the rebus taiping youxiang, ‘peaceful
times’ or ‘when there is peace, there are signs’.

清嘉慶 掐絲琺瑯太平有象一對
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來源: 歐洲私人珍藏

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