A Large Pair of Chinese Export Famille-rose Elephant-form Candlesticks, 20th Century | 二十世紀 粉彩太平有象燭台一對

Property from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Silvio Riccio

A Large Pair of Chinese Export Famille-rose Elephant-form Candlesticks

20th Century

二十世紀 粉彩太平有象燭台一對

each modeled as a caparisoned elephant with its head turned, supporting a gu-form vase on its back, the body painted in orange and red, the howdah cloth decorated with a chime amongst bats and clouds on a yellow ground, the vases painted with lotus sprigs on a turquoise ground

height 13 1/8 in.; 33.4 cm