Two pair of black lacquered wood lantern stands
19th century
The first fashioned as caparisoned elephants standing on galleried bases, each animal wearing a saddle fitted with an ovoid vase decorated with floral reserves and key-fret patterns and fitted with a cylindrical shaft fashioned with a phoenix form end, the whole finely painted diaper patterns and floral sprays; the second formed as a hexagonal vase raised on six everted feet supporting a vertical pole ending in a chilong terminal, the whole finely painted auspicious emblems, bats, floral bands and foliate tendrils.
98 and 89in (289 and249 cm) high
The first fashioned as caparisoned elephants standing on galleried bases, each animal wearing a saddle fitted with an ovoid vase decorated with floral reserves and key-fret patterns and fitted with a cylindrical shaft fashioned with a phoenix form end, the whole finely painted diaper patterns and floral sprays; the second formed as a hexagonal vase raised on six everted feet supporting a vertical pole ending in a chilong terminal, the whole finely painted auspicious emblems, bats, floral bands and foliate tendrils.
98 and 89in (289 and249 cm) high
Sold for
US$ 27,500
inc. premium
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Property from the Estate of Elinor Majors Carlisle, San Francisco
Category: Asian Art
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