A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT LARGE CANDLESTICK FIGURES OF COURT LADIES, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1750
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November 20, 10:09 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT LARGE CANDLESTICK FIGURES OF COURT LADIES,
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1750
each modeled standing holding a Gu vase forming the candleholder, on a green lotus leaf base, the robes painted in iron-red and gilding over a yellow underskirt, with elaborate turquoise-ground patterned collar around the neck, one applied on the base with the remains of a French dealer's label inscribed Art Ceramique Anci(enne?) Nic(olier?)
height 16 3/4 in.; 42.6 cm
Sotheby's London, 6 November 1973, lot 190
A pair of almost identically-decorated figures is illustrated in Michael Cohen and William Motley, Mandarin and Menagerie, Chinese and Japanese Export Ceramic Figures, Reigate 2008, p. 103, no. 5.4, where the authors note the fine decoration, large size and unusual lotus-form bases.