細節
A PAIR OF JAPANESE PORCELAIN NODDING FIGURES ORMOLU-MOUNTED AS FIVE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
THE PORCELAIN BODIES EARLY 18TH CENTURY, THE HEADS PROBABLY EUROPEAN 18TH/19TH CENTURY, THE MOUNTS LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY
The substantial robed figures decorated in underglaze blue, with overglaze red, black and gilding; the associated nodding heads with ormolu collars; the later candelabra mounts with substantial rococo scrolling bases issuing branches decorated with oak-leaves and acorns, one marked 'Monvoisin' in the casting to the underside
31 3/4 in. (80.5 cm.) high; 17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm.) wide and similar; the figures 20 1/2 in. (52 cm.) and 20 3/4 in. (52.5 cm.) high
來源
Sotheby's, London, November 29, 1985, lot 87.
With Partridge Fine Arts, London, 1999.
The Collection of Dr. Alexandre Benchoufi; Sotheby's, New York, 9 November 2006, lot 67 ($96,000).
出版
J. Bourne & V. Brett, Lighting in the Domestic Interior, London, 1991, p. 194, no. 633.
L. Morton, Partridge Fine Arts, Recent Acquisitions 1999, Southend, 1999, p. 162 no. 60.