True Connoisseurship: The Collection of Ezra & Cecile Zilkha
True Connoisseurship: The Collection of Ezra & Cecile Zilkha
A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE-ROSE LARGE CANDLESTICK FIGURES OF COURT LADIES, QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG / QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1735
Auction Closed
November 20, 10:09 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE-ROSE LARGE CANDLESTICK FIGURES OF COURT LADIES, QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG / QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1735
each modeled standing holding a vase-form candleholder, on a high pierced rectangular base, the robes boldly painted in blue and yellow with touches of pink and black, over an iron-red and gilt underskirt
height 14 7/8 in.; 37.8 cm
A pair of figures of boys, of similar size and raised on similarly pierced bases and bearing candleholders of the same shape, is illustrated in Michael Cohen and William Motley, Mandarin and Menagerie, Chinese and Japanese Export Ceramic Figures, Reigate 2008, pp. 92-3, no. 4.7.