Property from the Collections of Lily & Edmond J. Safra

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Lot 101
  • 101

A PAIR OF RARE CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN ORMOLU-MOUNTED ELEPHANT TUREENS AND COVERS THE PORCELAIN 177O, THE ORMOLU LATER

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • height overall 6 1/4 in.
  • 15.9 cm
each naturalistically modelled wearing a beaded harness and iron-red saddle cloth decorated with gilt cloud scrolls, curled in a recumbent position upon an ormolu tasseled cushion, a black and white hound resting on its back forming the knop of the cover. 

Provenance

Sold, Sotheby's, London, November 6, 1973, lot 196A
Sold, Sotheby's, London, August 7, 1983, lot 23

Catalogue Note

A similar pair of elephant tureens with their original stands is illustrated by William R. Sargent, The Copeland Collection, Chinese and Japanese Ceramic Figures, p. 206, no. 100. Another example with its stand was sold at Christie's, London, May 13, 1996, lot 159.