Page 164 - Christie's London Fine Chinese Ceramics Nov. 2019

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, LONDON (LOTS 140-145)
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A RARE PAIR OF LARGE MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE CANDLESTICKS
18TH CENTURY
Each candlestick is fnely decorated with concentric horizontal bands of lotus scroll alternating with
stylised leaves, ruyi-heads and classic scroll, all in varying tones of vibrant cobalt blue with simulated
heaping anf piling efect in imitation of the Ming style.
17 in. (43.2 cm.) high (2)
£30,000-50,000 US$38,000-62,000
€34,000-56,000
These candlesticks compare with a pair bearing a date corresponding to 1740 illustrated by Wiesner,
Chinesisches Porzellan, The Ohlmer'sche Sammlung im Roemer-Museum, Hildesheim, Mainz, 1981, pl. 52;
and another, with a date corresponding to 1741 in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, illustrated
by Rose Kerr, Chinese Ceramics, Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty, London, 1986, pl. 45. See also a pair of
almost identical candlesticks sold at Christie's New York, 22 March 1999, lot 299.

清十八世紀 青花纏枝蓮紋燭臺一對

來源:
倫敦私人珍藏

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