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Lot Essay
This unusual pair of candle-holders is identical in form to those supported on the heads of a pair of enamel lions, which were formerly in the J. A. Lloyd Hyde Collection, sold in these Rooms, 8 July 1974, lot 268, and again in our New York Rooms, 17 September 2008, lot 203. Although there are slight variations to the decoration, it is possible that the candle-holders in the present lot may have been made as part of a set to accompany the extremely rare pair supported on lions.
Similar lotus petal drip pans can be found on the set of extraordinary Canton enamel candlesticks modelled as Moorish figures, which were sold in these Rooms, 27 June 1977, lot 243; and also on the enamel candelabrum, commissioned in Canton in 1740 by a supercargo of the Danish East India Company, and now in the Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen, which is illustrated by M. Beurdeley, Chinese Furniture, Tokyo, New York and San Francisco, 1979, p. 154, fig. 207.
Similar lotus petal drip pans can be found on the set of extraordinary Canton enamel candlesticks modelled as Moorish figures, which were sold in these Rooms, 27 June 1977, lot 243; and also on the enamel candelabrum, commissioned in Canton in 1740 by a supercargo of the Danish East India Company, and now in the Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen, which is illustrated by M. Beurdeley, Chinese Furniture, Tokyo, New York and San Francisco, 1979, p. 154, fig. 207.