A PAIR OF ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE FIGURES OF ELEPHANTS AND STANDS

细节

A PAIR OF ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE FIGURES OF ELEPHANTS AND STANDS
JIAQING FOUR-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD

Cast in mirror image, each standing foursquare on a waisted rectangular base, the head turned to one side with trunk upcurled, richly caparisonned with hardstone-inset latticed trappings, the saddle blanket decorated with emblems and flowers draped over its back supporting a blue-ground vase with gilt lotus meander containing three jade halberds suspending tassles and jade ornaments, the waisted rectangular pedestals with canted corners and an openwork fence decorated with turquoise-ground panels of bats and shou characters between bands of lotus petals above a pierced foliate apron and acanthus legs (some small dents and restorations)
15 1/2 in. (39.5 cm.) long (2)

拍品专文

Previously sold in these Rooms, 29 September 1992, lot 892.

Cf. a similar example placed in the Yangxin Hall where the Emperor received his officials, illustrated in the Palace Museum publication Imperial Life in the Forbidden City, 1644-1911, 1982, p. 54; compare also the example from the Palace Museum illustrated in Zhongguo Meishu Quanji, vol. 10, The Crafts, Gold, Silver, Glass and Enamels, col. pl. 357.

(US$70,000-80,000)