California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 June 22, 2019  June 22, 2019

 Lot # 6819 
A FAMILLE ROSE GILT 'ELEPHANT' AND INSCRIBED MOONFLASK    清 粉彩描金太瓶有象詩文抱月瓶 帶木托


  • Dimension: Height: 12 1/5 in (31.0 cm) Length: 10 1/5 in (25.9 cm)
  • Estimate From: $12000
  • Estimate To: $18000

The flattened, circular body is decorated in famille rose enamels and gilt on one side to depict an elephant supporting various tributes surrounded by a group of foreigners, and on the other side depicting a lengthy poetic inscription in kaishu describing foreign ambassadors paying tributes, the neck flanked by a pair of red glazed gilt decorated stylized chilong handles, base inscribed with six character Qianlong mark. Qing Dynasty period.


本品為官窯之中堪稱別緻的彩繪佳器,其形尊貴典雅,裝飾雍容華麗,直口短頸,左右附飾二耳,玲瓏別緻,釉質溫潤瑩白,器身正面飾吉像身披錦毯,背馱寶瓶,穩步前行,作太平有像之主體紋飾,人物面帶微笑跟隨身旁,天空有蝙蝠飛揚。反面為御題詩。因歲月蹉跎,字跡脫落。施“大清乾隆年製”款識。