Lot Essay
Cf. Elizabeth Adams and David Redstone, Bow Porcelain, London, 1981, pl. 143 for a pair not fitted as candlesticks
Details
A BOW PEACOCK CANDLESTICK
CIRCA 1765, BLUE G MARK
With colourful plumage, modelled perched on a high tree-stump base, some restoration to candle nozzle and tree, chips and losses to branches, leaves and flowers, tip knot restuck
10½in. (26.7cm.) high
CIRCA 1765, BLUE G MARK
With colourful plumage, modelled perched on a high tree-stump base, some restoration to candle nozzle and tree, chips and losses to branches, leaves and flowers, tip knot restuck
10½in. (26.7cm.) high
Provenance
Martha Baird Rockefeller, Parke Bernet Galleries, 14-16 October 1971, Lot 12
The Christner Collection, Christie's New York, 8 June 1979, Lot 13
The Christner Collection, Christie's New York, 8 June 1979, Lot 13