A PAIR OF RARE EXPORT WALL SCONCES

18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF RARE EXPORT WALL SCONCES
18th century
Each shaped as a forearm with a clenched fist and a gilt wrist bracelet, set into a domed shaped oval plaque enamelled with floral motifs, some restoration
6½in. (16.5cm.) long (2)

拍品專文

For a similar wall sconce in the Princesshof Museum, Leeuwarden, cf. D.F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, op.cit., p.216, no.113; and another, illustrated by D. S. Howard and J. Ayers, op.cit., vol.I, p.177, no.172.
A pair of similar wall sconces from the Mottahedeh Collection was sold in New York 30 January 1988, lot 328; and another pair was sold in these Rooms, 31 March 1969, lot 24