Item number: M479

Year: AD 1909-1975

Material: gold and Enamel

The results after XRF testing

Size: 71.4 x 11.4 x 2.0 mm

Weight: 2.9 g

Provenance: Collections Barbier 2025

This is an Order of the Million Elephants and the White Parasol miniature, the highest honour of the former Kingdom of Laos.

The badge itself is executed in gilt metal and enamel; its central motif features three white-enamelled elephants, symbolizing the historical Laotian kingdom of Lan Xang, which translates literally as the ‘Kingdom of a Million Elephants’. Surmounting the elephants is a multi-tiered, seven-layered white royal parasol, serving as a manifestation of supreme sovereign authority. Suspended immediately beneath the parasol is a horizontal alignment of four rectangular gilt shields, whilst the uppermost section of the badge is adorned with a red-enamelled ribbon motif. The base of the three elephants is further decorated with an arrangement of peacock tail feathers delineated in green and gold enamel.

The suspension ribbon is fashioned from traditional scarlet silk, flanked by intricate geometric borders woven in gold thread. Affixed to the centre of the ribbon is a circular rosette crafted from matching silk, denoting the grade of Officer, or the Fourth Class of the Order.

The order was originally instituted on 1 May AD 1909 by King Sisavang Vong of Luang Prabang to recognize exceptional civil and military merit achieved by both domestic citizens and foreign nationals. During the period of French Indochina, numerous high-ranking French officials and military officers were invested with this honour. Following the abolition of the Laotian monarchy and the subsequent establishment of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic in December AD 1975, the conferral of this royal order was formally discontinued.

物件編號: M479

年代: 公元 1909-1975 年

材質: 黃金、琺瑯

XRF分析結果

尺寸: 71.4 x 11.4 x 2.0 mm

重量: 2.9 g

來源: 巴比爾收藏 2025

這是一枚萬象與白傘勳章，前寮王國的最高榮譽。

章體由金屬鎏金與琺瑯工藝打造，其主體為三頭白色大象，象徵著老撾歷史上的「瀾滄王國」（意為萬象之國），大象上方立有一座多層的白色七層皇家御傘以彰顯至高無上的王權，傘下方橫排著四個金色長方形盾牌，最上方飾有紅色琺瑯綬帶裝飾，而三頭象下方則裝飾著一組由綠色與金色琺瑯勾勒的孔雀尾羽。

綬帶採用傳統的鮮紅色綢帶，兩側織有精緻的金色幾何圖案邊飾，且綢帶中央釘有一枚由同款絲帶製成的圓形玫瑰結（Rosette），代表「軍官級」或四等勳章。

該勳章最初由瑯勃拉邦國王西薩旺·馮（Sisavang Vong）於公元1909年5月1日創立，用於表彰在軍事或民政方面做出卓越貢獻的本國及外國人士，在法屬印度支那時期許多法國高級官員和軍官都曾獲頒此榮譽，隨著公元1975年12月寮國君主制被廢除、寮人民民主共和國成立，這枚充滿王室色彩的勳章也正式停止頒發。