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CIRCA 1740, THE PORCELAIN 18TH CENTURY
Details
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLANC DE CHINE AND ST. CLOUD PORCELAIN TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRUM
Circa 1740, the porcelain 18th Century
In the form of an entwined Chinese blanc de chine dragon on a cloudburst plinth attended to one side by a Chinaman, the central stem molded with flowers and issuing a central flowering tree with lobed, St. Cloud porcelain dished drip-pans and cylindrical bobches mounted with flowers, on a shaped lobed plinth mounted with blossoming trees, dolphins, lizards and fish on a pounced ground
7in. (18cm.) high, 7in. (18cm.) wide
Circa 1740, the porcelain 18th Century
In the form of an entwined Chinese blanc de chine dragon on a cloudburst plinth attended to one side by a Chinaman, the central stem molded with flowers and issuing a central flowering tree with lobed, St. Cloud porcelain dished drip-pans and cylindrical bobches mounted with flowers, on a shaped lobed plinth mounted with blossoming trees, dolphins, lizards and fish on a pounced ground
7in. (18cm.) high, 7in. (18cm.) wide
Provenance
The Comtesse de Crisnoy de Lyonne, sold Ader-Picard, Drouot, Paris, 19 May, 1971, lot 47.