JIAQING PERIOD (1796-1820)

The combination of an elephant carrying a vase on its back represents the rebus taiping youxiang, which may be translated as 'When there is peace, there are signs'.
Compare the present lot to a pair of elephants carrying baluster vases rather than double gourds formerly in the collection of Esmond Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere (1898-1978), Daylesford House, Gloucestershire, sold at Christie's London, 13 June 2018, lot 70.