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A VERY LARGE MEISSEN-PATTERN PORCELAIN NINE-LIGHT POLYCHROME CHANDELIER
A VERY LARGE MEISSEN-PATTERN PORCELAIN NINE-LIGHT POLYCHROME CHANDELIER

CIRCA 1880

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A VERY LARGE MEISSEN-PATTERN PORCELAIN NINE-LIGHT POLYCHROME CHANDELIER
CIRCA 1880
THE CENTRAL BALUSTROID COLUMN WITH TRELLISWORK IN SLIGHT RELIEF, APPLIED WITH SCROLLS AND FLOWER BRANCHES, THE MIDDLE PART ADORNED WITH THREE FLOWER MAIDENS HOLDING FLOWER-FILLED BASKETS, THE GLOBULAR LOWER PART WITH NINE OPENINGS FOR NINE REMOVABLE ARMS, THE SCROLLED ARMS EN SUITE WITH PERCHED BIRDS AND REMOVABLE FLOWER ENCRUSTED PENDANTS, FITTED FOR ELECTRICITY (RESTORED)
THE CHANDELIER CIRCA 100CM. (39 3/8IN.) HIGH, THE ARMS 41CM. (16 1/8IN.) WIDE

拍品专文

SAXON CHANDELIERS OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY ARE RELATIVELY RARE AND IT IS THEREFORE UNUSUAL TO FIND A DRESDEN SPECIMEN OF THIS LARGE SIZE.
FURTHER FLORAL EXAMPLES IN THE CASTLES OF LUDWIG II OF BAVARIA, E.G. SCHLOSS LINDERHOF AND SCHLOSS HERRENCHIEMSEE

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