ID 861868
Los 3064 | A MAGNIFICENT PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL FIGURES OF CAPARISONED ELEPHANTS
Schätzwert
HKD 3 000 000 – 5 000 000
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The elephants are modelled in mirror image, each standing foursquare with its head slightly turned to one side. The olive green body is inlaid with wavy gilded cloisons representing the wrinkled hide. The backs are adorned with a saddle and draped with a blanket enamelled with a lively upright five-clawed dragon, poised to capture a 'flaming pearl' floating amidst ruyi clouds, above crested waves breaking against jagged rocks on a blue ground. The back is set with a small gilt-bronze saddle cast and chased with lotus scrolls and embellished on both sides with turquoise and blue beads and surmounted by a square vase with loose ring handles.
20 3/4 in. (52.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Winston Churchill (1874-1965) Estate, by repute
Spink & Son Ltd., London
Aristotle Onassis (1906-1975)
The Estate of Maria Callas (1923-1977)
Boisgirard & Associes, Paris, 14 June 1978, lot 71
A & J Speelman Ltd., London
Christopher Bruckner, London
The Mandel Collection
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, Masterpieces of the Enameller's art from the Mandel Collection, 30 May 2012, lot 3907
Special notice
From time to time, Christie's may offer a lot which it owns in whole or in part. This is such a lot.
| Angewandte Technik: | Metallkonstruktion |
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| Material: | Kupfer |
| Historische Ära: | Qing-Dynastie |
| Herkunftsort: | China, Ostasien, Asien |
| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Alle anderen Arten von Objekten |
| Angewandte Technik: | Metallkonstruktion |
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| Material: | Kupfer |
| Historische Ära: | Qing-Dynastie |
| Herkunftsort: | China, Ostasien, Asien |
| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Alle anderen Arten von Objekten |
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