A PAIR OF MINIATURE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL FIGURES OF ELEPHANTS

Lot 917
24.09.2020 09:30UTC -05:00
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Lot 917 | A PAIR OF MINIATURE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL FIGURES OF ELEPHANTS
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$ 8 000 – 12 000
A PAIR OF MINIATURE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL FIGURES OF ELEPHANTS

CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY

Perhaps made to hold sticks of incense, each decorated in white enamel with gilt wires suggesting wrinkled skin, with yellow eyes and gilt tusks, each caparisoned in a harness, and a saddlecloth decorated with waves and clouds and surmounted by a vase

2 ¾ in. (7 cm.) long

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