Lot Essay
An almost identical pair but with drip pans is illustrated in K. Pinn, Paktong, The Chinese Alloy in Europe 1680-1820, London, 1999, p. 89, fig. 45.
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MID-18TH CENTURY
Details
A PAIR OF GEORGE II PAKTONG CANDLESTICKS
MID-18TH CENTURY
Each with a shaped base cast with foliate corners on a knopped stem, the shaped base with concave sides and foliate corners, lacking drip-pans
8 in. (20 cm.) high
MID-18TH CENTURY
Each with a shaped base cast with foliate corners on a knopped stem, the shaped base with concave sides and foliate corners, lacking drip-pans
8 in. (20 cm.) high
Provenance
With Apter-Fredericks, London.
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Charlotte Young
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