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THE PROPERTY OF AMERICAN COLLECTORS

A KAKIEMON MODEL OF AN ELEPHANT, EDO PERIOD, LATE 17TH CENTURY

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November 3, 04:10 PM GMT

Estimate

225,000 - 250,000 GBP

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THE PROPERTY OF AMERICAN COLLECTORS

A KAKIEMON MODEL OF AN ELEPHANT

EDO PERIOD, LATE 17TH CENTURY


the imposing model of a standing elephant decorated in iron-red, blue black and yellow enamels, the details well rendered, its trunk raised

25.4 cm, 10 in. high

25.5 cm high

The Lords Lovat, Belladrum, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
John Ayers, Oliver Impey et al., Porcelain for Palaces: The Fashion for Japan in Europe 1650-1750 (London, 1990), no. 160