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A PAIR OF CLOISONNE ENAMEL Finely cast and brilliantly enameled, the and Ch’ing Dynasties, Taipei, 1999, pl. 155. See
CANDLESTICKS technique, palette and ornamentation of the further a cloisonné enamel set from the collection
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG present candlesticks are distinctly Qing in style of the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts,
PERIOD while the form is a clear reference to antiquity Katonah, New York, sold in these rooms, 15th
in accordance with the decorative trends of the March 2016, lot 128. Compare also a pair of
each with the hollow bell-shaped base rising to a Qianlong period. Such candlesticks would have champlevé enamel candlesticks of similar form,
central bulb supporting a large circular dish tray, comprised part of a ve-piece altar garniture sold in our London rooms, 6th November 2013,
set to the center with a tall tapering cylindrical which would have been employed for religious or lot 132.
neck, surmounted by a small bulbous section ritual ceremonies.
below a smaller tray tted with a metal pricket, $ 25,000-45,000
decorated in brilliant enamels against a bright See a complete champlevé enamel set consisting
turquoise ground with the ribbon-tied ‘Eight of an incense burner, a pair of vases and a pair
Auspicious Emblems’, all amid stylized lotus of candlesticks, in the National Palace Museum,
blossoms borne on dense scrolling leafy stems, Taipei, published in Enamel Ware in the Ming
the rims with gilt keyfret bands (2)
Height 20⅞ in., 53 cm
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