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A MAGNIFICENT AND 清乾隆

EXTREMELY RARE PAIR 染色象牙獻寶洋人燭台一對
OF CANTON ENAMEL AND 來源：

IVORY ‘EUROPEAN’ TRIBUTE 1980年代購於倫敦
FIGURES 展覽：
David S. Howard，《A Tale of Three Cities: Canton,
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG Shanghai and Hong Kong. Three Centuries of Sino-British
Trade in the Decorative Arts》，倫敦，1997年，頁153，編
PERIOD 號198
the large figures in almost mirror image, each with carved
ivory faces and hands and a copper-bronze body rendered
in painted enamel, depicted kneeling on one leg, with arms
raised to the chest holding a knopped ivory vase ornately
decorated with flowers and lappets, the vases surmounted by
a pricket and a circular dish for holding candles, the figures
dressed in frivolous robes brightly enamelled with blue floral
scrolls terminating in frilled cuffs of lime-green tone, bordered
in gilt at the hems, pocket and buttons, the ribboned collar
and trousers similarly decorated with pink floral scrolls, above
lime-green hose and black buckled shoes, their carved ivory
faces well defined with delineate features, with long hair
arranged in tight curls painted in brown, surmounted by a
brown brimmed mitre cap, wood stand
37.2 and 37.5 cm, 14⅝ and 14¾ in.
PROVENANCE
Acquired in London, 1980s.
EXHIBITED
David S. Howard, A Tale of Three Cities: Canton, Shanghai
and Hong Kong. Three Centuries of Sino-British Trade in the
Decorative Arts, London, 1997, p. 153, no. 198.

◉ HK$ 5,000,000-7,000,000
US$ 640,000-895,000

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