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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL FIGURE OF A
667 SEATED CAPARISONED ELEPHANT
A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT RAM 18TH-19TH CENTURY
18TH CENTURY
The body of the seated elephant is inlaid
The recumbent ram is shown with head turned to the side, and its with gilt wires to imitate the wrinkled hide,
body is decorated with an overall pattern of gilded wire ‘fur’. The and is richly ornamented with jeweled
curved horns, ears, beard and legs are gilded, and the underside is harness and trappings. The tail and tusks are
pierced with a circular aperture. gilded.
4 in. (10.2 cm.) long, stand 3Ω in. (8.7 cm.) high

$6,000-8,000 $5,000-7,000

PROVENANCE: PROVENANCE:

Christopher B. Bruckner, Zurich, 24 April 1987. Christie’s Paris, 7 December 2007, lot 43.
Christie’s Paris, 7 December 2007, lot 37. The James E. Sowell Collection, Dallas,
The James E. Sowell Collection, Dallas, Texas. Texas.

A similar pair of cloisonné enamel fgures of rams, Qianlong period, with 清十八/十九世紀 掐絲琺瑯吉象擺件
‘fur’ similar to that of the present ram, was sold at Sotheby’s New York,
22 March 1995, lot 105. Another related cloisonné fgure of a kneeling 667
monkey, which is decorated in a fashion that is related to the present
fgure, was sold at Christie’s New York, 18 September 2014, lot 636. 668
A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL HAWK-
清十八世紀 掐絲琺瑯臥羊 FORM CENSERS

668 18TH CENTURY

Each hawk is shown standing with

turned head and open beak. The body is

predominantly blue, and the wings, which

form the cover, have white and multicolored

feathers.

7Ω in. (19.1 cm.) long (2)

$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE:

The James E. Sowell Collection, Dallas,
Texas.

清十八世紀 掐絲琺瑯鷹式熏爐一對

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