Page 261 - Important Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, Hong Kong
P. 261
3421
A GILT-BRONZE, CLOISONNE
AND CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL
ELEPHANT AND VASE GROUP,
TAIPING YOUXIANG
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The elephant is cast standing on a galleried
stand with its head turned to the side, the
richly gilded body arrayed in rich trappings
inset with glass beads, and with a fringed
blanket decorated with diaper patterns draped
over the back beneath layered cloths covering
the saddle from which rises a square baluster
vase on a gilt lotus base.
9 ¡ in. (23.9 cm.) high, box
HK$500,000-700,000
US$65,000-91,000
清乾隆
鎏金銅掐絲及鏨胎琺瑯太平有象擺件
259
