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A MASSIVE PAIR OF PAINTED ENAMEL PLAQUES This form is found in export porcelain wall sconces (afixed in Europe with
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-95) brass candle arms) in a much smaller scale, and - much more rarely - in
painted enamel wall sconces. See a pair sold Christie's New York, 23 January
Each formed in relief with dense clusters of richly colored foral sprigs amidst
2002, lot 110, also featuring court ladies in an oval scene within foral relief
leafy scrollwork, colorful parrots perched at the top, in the center of each a
scene of court ladies in landscape, inscribed at the side with the apocryphal decoration. This massive pair may, also, have been intended for the addition
signature of an artisan from the Imperial Palace enameling workshops of silver or brass candle arms, or perhaps they came with matching wall
29 ¾ in. (75.5 cm.) high, each (2) sconces.
$30,000–50,000
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