Bidspirit auction | A CHANTILLY PORCELAIN ELEPHANT-FORM PERFUME

A CHANTILLY PORCELAIN ELEPHANT-FORM PERFUME BURNER, 18TH CENTURY - A French Chantilly soft-paste porcelain elephant-form perfume burner, 18th century, modeled as a standing white elephant with its trunk lowered, the saddle cloth painted in the Kakiemon taste with Oriental figures, flowering branches and iron-red borders. Fitted with a gilt-bronze foliate base and gilt-bronze mount at the back supporting a porcelain finial. Bearing an iron-red hunting-horn mark associated with the Chantilly manufactory. Dimensions: H: 6 1/4 in., (15.9 cm.) Condition: Age-related wear, rubbing and losses to decoration and gilding. Porcelain and mounts with minor surface wear. Please refer to photographs. Please make all inquiries before bidding. All statements contained in the catalog, condition reports, invoices, advertisements, or elsewhere concerning the authorship, attribution, origin, date, age, period, culture, source, provenance, authenticity, genuineness, condition, rarity, importance, or value of any lot are statements of opinion only and shall not be construed as representations, warranties, or statements of fact. All lots are sold ”as-is”, refer to our T&C. Helios Auctions does not offer in-house shipping. We will provide a list of recommended shippers upon request.