Lot Essay
A closely related pair of candelabra is in the Victoria and Albert Museum (C. Smith ed., Catalogue of the Jones Collection Part II, London, 1924, pl.40, fig.184).
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THE PORCELAIN QIANLONG, THE MOUNTS PROBABLY BY ESCALIER DE CRYSTAL, 19TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE PORCELAIN TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA
THE PORCELAIN QIANLONG, THE MOUNTS PROBABLY BY ESCALIER DE CRYSTAL, 19TH CENTURY
Each with a blue-glazed Chinese porcelain parrot on a rock work base flanked by coral-form ormolu branches.
9 ¾ in. ( 25 cm.) high
THE PORCELAIN QIANLONG, THE MOUNTS PROBABLY BY ESCALIER DE CRYSTAL, 19TH CENTURY
Each with a blue-glazed Chinese porcelain parrot on a rock work base flanked by coral-form ormolu branches.
9 ¾ in. ( 25 cm.) high
Provenance
The Collection of Baron S. de Lopez-Tarragoya; Palais Galliera, Paris, 15 June 1971, lot 11.
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