A Pair of Gilt-Bronze Mounted Sancai-Glazed Biscuit Figures of Frogs, Now Mounted as Candleholders, Qing Dynasty, 18th/19th Century
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February 3, 09:38 PM GMT
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3,000 - 5,000 USD
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A Pair of Gilt-Bronze Mounted Sancai-Glazed Biscuit Figures of Frogs, Now Mounted as Candleholders, Qing Dynasty, 18th/19th Century
height of candlesticks 6 1/2 in.
length of frogs: 3 1/2 in.
16.5 cm.; 9 cm.
A similar pair of porcelain frogs mounted as candelabra is illustrated in D.F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Chinesisches und japanisches Porzellan in europäischen Fassungen (Braunschweig 1980), p.368 fig.378a.
