The Property of the Marquess of Anglesey from the Private Apartment at Plas Newydd
A pair of Chinese famille-noir rectangular baluster vases, Qing dynasty, 19th century
Lot Closed
April 11, 01:31 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 GBP
Lot Details
Description
brightly enamelled to each side with flowers of the four seasons reserved on a black ground, each with fittings for a lamp
each 50.6cm high; 20in.
Lofts & Warner, London, An Inventory and Valuation […] At Plas Newydd, Anglesey, 1948, p.72, in the Saloon, ‘A pair of 20” Chinese black ground square vases for electric light and the shades’ (Private Family Archive).
These elegant vases mounted as lamps appear in a black and white photograph of the Saloon at Plas Newydd, just after the Second World War.