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A PAIR OF UNUSUAL FAMILLE ROSE
387 MODELS OF CAPARISONED ELEPHANTS
Late Qing Dynasty
388 Each modelled striding with a curled up trunk,
154 | BONHAMS wearing a large blue enamelled saddle blanket
with geometric floral designs, a boy seated
before a rectangular howdah, enamelled with
alternating pink and blue panels on a coral
red ground, the interior turquoise and rim gilt,
the bodies of the elephants enamelled in pale
apricot, finely overpainted to simulate the
folds of skin.
13.3cm (5.1/4in) long. (2).

£3,000 - 5,000
CNY28,000 - 46,000
HK$33,000 - 55,000

387 Y Ф
A FAMILLE ROSE ‘ABSTINENCE’ PLAQUE
19th century
The face with a cartouche enclosing the
phrase 齋戒 zhaijie, or ‘abstain’, surrounded
with a lotus meander on a lime-green ground,
the reverse with the same phrase in Manchu
script, the edges decorated with fine scrolling.
6.1cm (2 3/8in) high

£1,500 - 2,000
CNY14,000 - 18,000
HK$16,000 - 22,000

388
A BROWN-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE
OGEE BOWL
Qianlong seal mark
The bowl with four roundels to the exterior
enclosing European figures, with gilt floral
decoration in between, the interior with
waves, cliffs and bats; together with a small
famille rose bowl, Yongzheng six-character
mark.
19cm (7 1/2in) diam. (2).

£1,500 - 2,000
CNY14,000 - 18,000
HK$16,000 - 22,000