A RARE AND LARGE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE 'ELEPHANT' TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER AND COVER, DINGQianlong Modelled with deep rounded sides supported on three 'elephant-head' feet, each with a pair of protruding tusks and bejewelled harness, flanked at the shoulders with another pair of 'elephant-head' handles, the body decorated with six lotus blossoms amidst dense foliate scrolls below a ruyi -head and key-fret border, enamelled with vivid red, green, yellow, white, blue, pink and purple on a turquoise ground, the pierced cover with three ruyi -shaped panels decorated with bats and longevity symbols, surrounded by intricately cast gilt openwork with further scrolling lotuses, surmounted by a superbly cast recumbent elephant richly adorned across the body with bejewelled harness and beaded garlands, the saddle with a miniature cloisonné enamel offering bowl with ornately decorated gilt-bronze cover. 42.0cm (16 9/16in) high. (2). 清乾隆 銅胎掐絲琺瑯西番蓮紋象耳三足薰爐 Provenance : Sir Robert Grenville Harvey (1856-1931) 2nd Baronet, and Lady Emily Blanche Harvey (1872-1935), Langley Park, Buckinghamshire, and thence by descent 來源 ：英格蘭白金漢郡蘭利莊園Robert Grenville Harvey二代從男爵（1856-1931）與Emily Blanche Harvey爵士夫人（1872-1935）伉儷舊藏，並由後人保存迄今 The collection belonged to Sir Michael and Lady Oppenheimer DD (3rd Baronet, 1924-2020). Sir Michael's maternal grandparents were Sir Robert Grenville Harvey, 2nd Baronet (1856-1931) and Lady Emily Blanche Harvey (1872-1935) of Langley Park, Buckinghamshire. The Chinese art collection can be, at least in part, traced back to Langley Park, Buckinghamshire, home to the Harvey Baronets from 1788 until 1945, as demonstrated in a pre-1945 photograph showing this lot in situ . Sir Michael Oppenheimer's paternal family was the well-known South African mining family. The baronetcy was created in 1921 for Bernard Oppenheimer, Chairman of the South African Diamond Corporation for setting up diamond sorting factories to employ wounded ex-servicemen after the First World War. The family has been involved with De Beers over many decades. Lady Oppenheimer DD (1926-2022) was a distinguished moral and philosophical theologian, with a particular interest in the ethics pertaining to personal relations. The present lot can be seen in a family photo of Langley Park. The estate which was acquired in 1788 by Robert Bateson Harvey remained in the owner of the family until 1945. This 'elephant' incense burner exhibits the outstanding quality of enamelling and casting at the highest level, which is characteristic of cloisonné enamel vessels made in the Palace workshops. The exceptional result was due to the technical virtuosity achieved at the cloisonné enamel ateliers during the Qianlong reign; exceptionally demonstrated in the superb jewelled elephant feet and the tour-de-force of the recumbent elephant on top of the vessel, carrying a vase laden with a cornucopia of auspicious representations. Elep