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A PAIR OF cAPARIsONed lAPIs elePhANTs,
QINg dyNAsTy

China, 18th-19th century. The animals well carved with detail work
to their tusks, ears, trunk and feet, finely decorated in gold and black
lacquer with a saddlecloth showing lotus flowers amid their vines and
leaves and a key fret border.

Provenance: From the collection of
Georg Weifert (1850-1937). Thence by
descent in the same family. Weifert was
a Serbo-Austrian industrialist and the
first governor of the Federal Bank of the
Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia.
condition: Good condition. Some wear
and scratching to gilding. Old wear and
natural fissures to stones. The bases with
extensive wear and traces of use. Georg Weifert (1850-1937)

Weight: 3,366 g total (the elephants) and 509.2 g total (the bases)
Dimensions: Length 15 cm (each elephant)
The massive, opaque and calcite-rich stone is of striated blue and ivory-
white color with minuscule metallic inclusions. Fitted with carved hardwood
stands from the late Qing dynasty. (4)

一對帶皮青金石大象，清代
中國，十八至十九世紀。大象細節雕刻異常精心，並用金色和黑色清漆描繪。大象背
部鞍座上飾有荷花荷葉。
來源：Georg Weifert (1850-1937)收藏，同一家族保存至今 。Weifert曾爲塞爾維
亞中央銀行大班以及塞爾維亞、克羅地亞與斯洛文尼亞聯邦銀行大班。
品相：品相良好，金彩処有一些磨損和劃痕。老磨損，石料有天然裂縫。底座磨損嚴
重，有使用痕跡。
重量：大象總重3,366 克，底座509.2克
尺寸：大象分別長15 厘米
estimate euR 1.000,-
Starting price EUr 500,-

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