pair of covered ivory bottles, inlaid with red lacquer; heads of elephants forming handles; wooden standards

Bottle, Qianlong period, 1736-1795

Unknown artist, Chinaexpand_more

Ivory with red lacquer inlayexpand_more

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Augustus L. Searleexpand_more  27.40.28.1a,b

Not on Viewexpand_more

This pair of bottles exemplifies the high, technical standards of the imperial workshops. Bearing Ch'ien lung imperial marks on the bottoms, the pictorial subject matter is drawn from classical literature which, along with popular opera, provided decorative figural scenes for carved lacquer, overglaze porcelain, textiles, and ivory.

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