A RARE PAIR OF CLOISONNE ENAMEL ‘ELEPHANT AND VASE’ GROUPS QING DYNASTY, EARLY 18TH CENTURY each superbly cast in the form of a caparisoned elephant standing sturdily foursquare with its head turned to one side, supporting on its back a cloisonné enamel saddle beneath a vase of meiping form, the exterior of the hollow turquoise-ground vessel decorated with large lotus blooms below a floral frieze encircling the waisted neck, the gilt animal portrayed with a pair of crescent eyes flanked by large ears with thin veins running through, above a long curling trunk between a pair of long tapering tusks, its corpulent body detailed with characteristic wrinkles and adorned with ornamental trappings set with semi-precious stones, further depicted draped with a cloisonné enamel tasselled caparison vibrantly decorated with bats flying amidst swirling clouds and above rocks and crashing waves 26.5 cm, 10 3/8 in.
A RARE PAIR OF CLOISONNE ENAMEL ‘ELEPHANT AND VASE’ GROUPS QING DYNASTY, EARLY 18TH CENTURY each superbly cast in the form of a caparisoned elephant standing sturdily foursquare with its head turned to one side, supporting on its back a cloisonné enamel saddle beneath a vase of meiping form, the exterior of the hollow turquoise-ground vessel decorated with large lotus blooms below a floral frieze encircling the waisted neck, the gilt animal portrayed with a pair of crescent eyes flanked by large ears with thin veins running through, above a long curling trunk between a pair of long tapering tusks, its corpulent body detailed with characteristic wrinkles and adorned with ornamental trappings set with semi-precious stones, further depicted draped with a cloisonné enamel tasselled caparison vibrantly decorated with bats flying amidst swirling clouds and above rocks and crashing waves 26.5 cm, 10 3/8 in.
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