Lot Essay
A pair of similar torcheres but with more elaborate leg, were sold at Sotheby's, 24th June 2002, lot 143
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EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Details
A DUTCH CEYLONESE EBONY TORCHERE
EARLY 18TH CENTURY
With circular dished top, tapering column with gadrooned knop and triform base
29 in. (74 cm.) high; 10½ in. (27 cm.) diameter
EARLY 18TH CENTURY
With circular dished top, tapering column with gadrooned knop and triform base
29 in. (74 cm.) high; 10½ in. (27 cm.) diameter
Literature
Similar, but taller, examples illustrated in A. Jaffer Furniture from British India and Ceylon, 2001, pg 370, fig 179
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