A rare and gilt polychrome lacquer 'Elephant' incense stand
A rare and gilt polychrome lacquer 'Elephant' incense stand
18th century
Finely incised and coloured in varying shades of red, green and brown transmuting to black, all picked out with traces of gold filling within the incisions, the top finely incised and gilt with an elephant supporting a vase with flowers amidst cloud scrolls, surmounting a broad, flaring, cusped and barbed apron decorated with lotus scrolls, all raised on four cabriole legs terminating in outward curving slipper feet, supported on a square frame. 51cm (20 1/8) deep x 51cm (20 1/8) wide x 86cm (33 7/8) high
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A rare and gilt polychrome lacquer 'Elephant' incense stand
18th century
Finely incised and coloured in varying shades of red, green and brown transmuting to black, all picked out with traces of gold filling within the incisions, the top finely incised and gilt with an elephant supporting a vase with flowers amidst cloud scrolls, surmounting a broad, flaring, cusped and barbed apron decorated with lotus scrolls, all raised on four cabriole legs terminating in outward curving slipper feet, supported on a square frame. 51cm (20 1/8) deep x 51cm (20 1/8) wide x 86cm (33 7/8) high