rare paire de bougeoirs aux armes de Philip V d'Espagne Chine, dynastie Qing, époque Qianlong (1736-1795)

avec une base circulaire, le fût décoré du blason de Philip V d'Espagne, une frise de fleurettes émaillée autour de la base se répétant sur la bobèche

A U-shape section (3,5 x 4 cm) of the socket of the candlestick to the right of the photo is restored (visible on the photo), it has a small hairline crack 2 cm to the footrim; the other candlestick has a small star crack (3,5 x 2 cm) to the glaze outside the socket. There are a few original firing faults, iron spots and frittings to the glaze on the edges along the body and above the stand, otherwise in good condition. The glaze on both has a bluish tinge and is less white than the illustration would suggest in the catalogue. The bases are unglazed.
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These candlesticks are decorated with the coat of arms of King Philip V of Spain (r. 1700-1746), who was born in Versailles and raised in the French court. At the age of 17, Philip, Duke of Anjou, was placed on the throne of Spain by his grandfather Louis XIV. When in France, Philip would have been aware of the sumptuous Chinese porcelain ordered by French nobility. It is known that he owned a service decorated with his Arms but examples are rare; one of the few remaining pieces held in the Casita del Principe of the Escurial Castle is illustrated in Michel Beurdeley. Porcelain of the East India Companies, London, 1962, pl. 60. See also a pair of large soldier vases decorated with flowers and depicting the coat-of-arms on the neck, sold at Christie's New York, 24^th January 2005, lot 98.

The arms of the Spanish Bourbons provide a brief geo-political history of the Spanish throne, reflecting the elements of Leone and Castile, Aragon and Aragon Sicily, Austria, Old Burgundy, Brabant, Granada, Flanders Antwerp and France (see ibid., p. 86).