A PAIR OF MINIATURE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL FIGURES OF ELEPHANTS CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY Perhaps made to hold sticks of incense, each decorated in white enamel with gilt wires suggesting wrinkled skin, with yellow eyes and gilt tusks, each caparisoned in a harness, and a saddlecloth decorated with waves and clouds and surmounted by a vase 2 ¾ in. (7 cm.) long Provenance Rare Art, Inc., New York, 12 January 1972. The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.
A PAIR OF MINIATURE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL FIGURES OF ELEPHANTS CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY Perhaps made to hold sticks of incense, each decorated in white enamel with gilt wires suggesting wrinkled skin, with yellow eyes and gilt tusks, each caparisoned in a harness, and a saddlecloth decorated with waves and clouds and surmounted by a vase 2 ¾ in. (7 cm.) long Provenance Rare Art, Inc., New York, 12 January 1972. The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.
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