Qianlong The procession consisting of a finely cast caparisoned elephant standing four-square led by three playful young boys, each wearing a bright polychrome enamelled robe and cap, one blowing a suona, double-reeded horn, another playing a bolanggu, pellet drum, and a third carrying a dragon banner, all raised on a rectangular plinth supported by four ruyi-form feet, the imposing beast elaborately caparisoned, adorned with polychrome enamel and gilt-metal trappings, the embellished and enamelled harness surmounted by a flaming pearl and the saddle fringed with bells, each side of the saddlecloth with a gilt writhing dragon on a white ground, emerging from animal-masks joined to a ruffle-hemmed circular cloth, set below the domed support reticulated with two phoenix in flight, all below a pavilion on each side with a reticulated jade roundel, the flaring roof surmounted with a bird finial. 38cm (14 3/4in) long x 21cm (8 1/4in) wide.