QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-95)

This form is found in export porcelain wall sconces (affixed in Europe with brass candle arms) in a much smaller scale, and - much more rarely - in painted enamel wall sconces. See a pair sold Christie's New York, 23 January 2002, lot 110, also featuring court ladies in an oval scene within floral relief decoration. This massive pair may, also, have been intended for the addition of silver or brass candle arms, or perhaps they came with matching wall sconces.