A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLANC DE CHINE CHINESE PORCELAIN THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA

BY HENRY DASSON, PARIS, LAST QUATER 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLANC DE CHINE CHINESE PORCELAIN THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
BY HENRY DASSON, PARIS, LAST QUATER 19TH CENTURY
Each modelled as a figure playing a flute on a water buffalo standing atop a naturalistic ground with blossoming flowers, issuing three foliate-cast branches with conforming drip pans and nozzles, above a pierced rocaille base, each signed 'henry Dasson'
15½ in. (39 cm.) high (2)

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These candelabra combine blanc de chine porcelain with exquisite ormolu-mounts by Henry Dasson and are typical of objets retailed by the magasins de L'Escalier de Cristal. Please see Lot 115 for a note on L'Escalier de Cristal and Lot 215 for a note on Dasson. Compare a timepiece with turquoise Kangxi porcelain Buddhistic lion signed by Escalier de Cristal, sold 'Parisian Taste in London: A Private Collection', Christie's, London, 10 September 2009, lot 369 (£4,000).