A PAIR OF CLOISONNE ENAMEL 'SHOU' CANDLESTICKS, QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY | 清十七世紀 掐絲琺琅雙龍捧壽紋燭臺一對
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November 6, 06:16 PM GMT
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5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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PROPERTY FROM AN ENGLISH PRIVATE COLLECTION
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A PAIR OF CLOISONNE ENAMEL 'SHOU' CANDLESTICKS
QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
清十七世紀 掐絲琺琅雙龍捧壽紋燭臺一對
each supported on a rectangular base and rising to a large stylised shou character in openwork forming the shaft, all below a foliate-shaped pan enamelled with lotus blossoms, fitted with a lobed column beneath a smaller tray set with a gilt-bronze pricket
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Height 36.8 and 36.5 cm, 14½ and 14⅜ in.
Compare a candlestick of this type, modelled with a xi (‘double-happiness’) character as the shaft, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Compendium of Collections in The Palace Museum. Enamels. 4. Cloisonne in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Bejing, 2011, pl. 36.