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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE NEW YORK COLLECTOR ANOTHER PROPERTY
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AN EMBROIDERED BLUE SILK TABLE FRONTAL A RARE PAIR OF CORAL BEAD, HARDSTONE AND GLASS-
LATE QING DYNASTY EMBELLISHED FIGURES OF ELEPHANTS
The table frontal is comprised of two sections of a panel which are QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
embroidered with scenes of birds amidst pavilions and rocks, all in shades of Both elephants are covered with small coral beads and shown standing
blue, white, green, pink, and yellow with details worked in Peking knot, below foursquare with head facing forward, ears pulled back and trunk slightly curled
the valance embroidered with three roundels of flower blossoms, peaches, up. The enameled gilt-metal harness and saddlecloth are decorated with lotus
lingzhi and bats. sprays within a key-fret border and beaded fringes, are further embellished
36º in. (92 cm.) x 39¿ in. (99.3 cm.) with turquoise, tourmaline, amethyst, glass and jade.
9æ in. (24.8 cm) x 9 in. (22.9 cm.) long
$3,000-5,000
$30,000-50,000
PROVENANCE:
James D. Tigerman (1951-2004) Collection (by repute). PROVENANCE:
Offered Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, 10 February 1979, lot 53.
紐約私人珍藏
Elephant-form objects such as this luxurious coral and hardstone-
晚清 藍地刺繡亭台樓閣紋桌圍 embellished pair were popular imperial furnishings as elephants symbolize
來源: peace and stability. Compare the lapis lazuli figure of an elephant dated to
the Qianlong period also adorned with lavishly embellished trappings, but
James Tigerman 珍藏（傳）。
shown supporting a vase with a tall embellished canopy, illustrated in Daily
Life in the Forbidden City, New York, 1988, p. 158, no. 216.
清乾隆 珊瑚嵌寶大象擺件一對
來源:
曾於紐約蘇富比上拍，1979年2月10日，拍品編號53。

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