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           A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE ELEPHANT       The elephant in China is one of the seven Buddhist Sacred Treasures
           AND VASE                                          and symbolises peace. The combination of a ‘vase’ (ping 瓶) which
           Mid-Qing Dynasty                                  puns with ‘peace’ (ping 平), and elephant (xiang 象) which also means
           Cast standing four-square, the head with almond eyes looking   ‘sign’ or ‘portent’, forms a rebus for the phrase taiping youxiang (太
           forward, the trunk curled between long tusks, the striated white body   平有象), meaning ‘Where there is peace, there is a sign (or elephant)’.
           caparisoned with a saddle rug decorated with lotus blooms supporting  See a related example of a gilt-bronze and cloisonné enamel elephant,
           a baluster vase.                                  18th century, illustrated in the Compendium Collection of the Palace
           29cm (11 3/8 in) high.                            Museum: Enamelled wares, Beijing, 2010, vol.4, pls.84 and 85.

           £6,000 - 8,000                                    A related cloisonné enamel elephant, 18th/19th century, was sold in
           CNY53,000 - 71,000                                our Hong Kong Rooms, 3 December 2015, lot 51.

           清中葉 銅胎掐絲琺瑯太平有象


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