ID 1225485 
Lot 75  | A MAGNIFICENT PAIR OF CLOISONNE AND CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL 'ELEPHANT AND VASE' GROUPS
Estimate value
£ 60 000 – 80 000 
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY
Each finely cast in mirror image, head turned to one side, the cloisonné enamel tasselled saddle cloths decorated with bats, clouds and waves, beneath a saddle supporting a turquoise-ground meiping vase with scrolling lotus blooms, the gilt animal's powerfully rendered facial features with crescent-form eyes, large veined ears, and a long pendulous trunk, the wrinkled skin naturalistically detailed in thick folds, the elaborate harness highlighted in champleve enamel and embellished with semi-precious stones
10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) high
Provenance
Collection of Walter and Lucie Rosen, purchased from the 1920s to 1940s.
Collection of Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts.
| Applied technique: | Cloisonne | 
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| Historical era: | Qianlong period, Qing Dynasty | 
| Applied technique: | Cloisonne | 
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| Historical era: | Qianlong period, Qing Dynasty | 
| Address of auction | 
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom  | |
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