A MAGNIFICENT PAIR OF CLOISONNE AND CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL `ELEPHANT AND VASE` GROUPS

Lot 75
23.05.2024 10:30UTC +01:00
Classic
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£ 119 700
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Lieu de l'événementRoyaume-Uni, London
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Lot 75 | A MAGNIFICENT PAIR OF CLOISONNE AND CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL 'ELEPHANT AND VASE' GROUPS
Valeur estimée
£ 60 000 – 80 000
A MAGNIFICENT PAIR OF CLOISONNE AND CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL 'ELEPHANT AND VASE' GROUPS
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.
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23.05.2024 – 23.05.2024
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