A pair of rare famille verte biscuit pricket candlesticks , KANGXI | Christie's

Sale 2660

CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART

Amsterdam

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3 May 2005

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Lot 231

A pair of rare famille verte biscuit pricket candlesticks

KANGXI

Price realised

EUR 5,400

Estimate

EUR 2,000 - EUR 3,000

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A pair of rare famille verte biscuit pricket candlesticks
Kangxi
The octagonal dripping-pan decorated with a writhing dragon, supported on a central shaft with four radiating openwork panels on a quatrefoil base with four short shaped feet, one with some flakes to the enamels
13 cm. high (2)
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