Description:
A PAIR OF CAPARISONED ELEPHANT BRONZES
China, 17th-18th century. Shown on a stepped plinth with four feet, the massive bodies arrayed in rich trappings inset with coral and turquoise beads, the back draped with a neatly incised blanket from which rises a baluster vase above lotus sprays. (2)
Provenance: From an old European private collection.
Condition: Fine condition with a solid chocolate-brown patina, some wear, remnants of old lacquering, several inlaid beads lost, minor dents, the vases once were removable but are now attached.
Weight: 1735.9 grams and 1569.9 grams
Dimensions: Height 16.5 cm each
Auction result comparison: Compare with a closely related elephant at Christies New York on March 19th, 2009, in Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, lot 619.
一對青銅太平有象
中國,十七至十八世紀。大象身上鑲嵌珊瑚和綠松石。背托蓮葉狀小托盤。
來源:歐洲私人收藏
品相:保存良好,巧克力棕色包漿,一些磨損,舊漆殘餘,丟失了幾個珠子,輕微凹痕,瓶子曾經可能可以拆卸而現在固定
重量: 分別為1735.9 克 與1569.9 克
尺寸: 分別高 16.5 厘米