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A PAIR OF 'MANDARIN PALETTE'
BALUSTER VASES AND COVERS
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1785
Of quatrefoil form, each enameled with a fower-
flled vase, within a surround of applied berried
vine, surmounted by a Buddhistic lion fnial and
fanked by dragon handles
14½ in. (36.8 cm.) high (4)
$4,000-6,000

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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE
CANDLESTICKS
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each knopped standard supported by iron-red
hound puppies
6¾ in. (17.1 cm.) high (2)
$4,000-6,000
PROVENANCE:
With Santos, London.
Export porcelain candlesticks in this charming
form are fairly rare, but were made in both blue
and white and famille rose in the second half
of the 18th century, Although the basic form
is clearly derived from European silver, no one
has identifed the origin of the amusing hound
supporters, who are derived from a familiar
Chinese model made since the early Kangxi
period. Hounds were well-known in both China
and Europe by the China trade period, and the
two cultures shared a love of dogs.
For a fuller discussion see W.R. Sargent, The
Copeland Collection, pp. 232-3 and M. Cohen and
W. Motley, Mandarin and Menagerie, pp. 159-60. 5

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