A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE PORCELAIN CANDLESTICKS
CIRCA 1740, THE PORCELAIN EARLY 18TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE PORCELAIN CANDLESTICKS
Circa 1740, the porcelain early 18th Century
Each with a seated Chinese elder within a naturalistically-cast leafy frame issuing a candlearm sprig with foliate drip-pan and nozzle, on a rockwork and flowerhead base, one with label 'so'
6in. (15cm.) high (2)
拍品專文
A closely related pair of seated Buddhistic single-light candelabra, now in the Muse des Arts Dcoratifs, Paris, is illustrated in La Vogue des Lampes Montes dates du XVIIIe Sicle, January 1956, p.17.