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A RARE PAIR OF LADY CANDLEHOLDERS
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each with one upraised arm to balance the
fowerhead candleholder on her head, wearing
earrings and richly colored robes
10 in. (25.4 cm.) high (2)
$20,000-30,000
PROVENANCE:
With Cohen and Cohen, London.
LITERATURE:
William R. Sargent, Chinese Porcelain in the Conde
Collection, Madrid, 2014, p. 198-199, no. 64.
This unusual model showing the ladies holding
trays on their heads, rather than carrying lotus
or vase-shaped candleholders demurely to one
side, may depict Imperial servants rather than
members of the Imperial court.
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AN UNUSUAL DEER CANDLEHOLDER
QIANLONG/JIAQING PERIOD, LATE 18TH/
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The recumbent animal with spots on its back
formed as gilt fowerheads, a candleholder and
sacred fungus beside it, on a shaped turquoise
base
6ΒΌ in. (15.8 cm.) long
$2,000-3,000
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