A PAIR OF EUROPEAN-ORMOLU-MOUNTED CANDLEHOLDERS WITH CHINESE PORCELAIN 'BOYS' The...
The John E. Bodie OBE (1930-2023) Collection of Chinese Art 大英帝國官佐勳章獲勳人John E. Bodie(1930-2023)中國藝術品收藏
A PAIR OF EUROPEAN-ORMOLU-MOUNTED CANDLEHOLDERS WITH CHINESE PORCELAIN 'BOYS'
The Chinese porcelain circa 1750
Each with three seated boys with jovial expressions clad in a blue-glazed dudou holding lotus sprays and precious objects on ormolu mounts in the form of a tree supporting a Kakiemon-style drip pan and fluted candle holder of soft-paste French porcelain, most likely Chantilly. 15cm (5 3/4in) high. (2).
中國瓷器部分約1750 青花童子配歐洲製鎏金銅飾燭臺一對
Provenance: Gerald Kerin Ltd., London, 14 June 1965 (invoice; the invoice dates the ormolu mounts as Louis XVI)
John E. Bodie OBE (1930-2023), London, collection no.105
來源：倫敦古董商Gerald Kerin Ltd.，1965年6月14日（據收據；收據標註鎏金銅飾為路易十六時期）
大英帝國官佐勳章獲勳人John E. Bodie(1930-2023)，倫敦，藏品編號105
Compare with a pair of very similar seated boys in blue-glazed tunics, circa 1750, illustrated by D.Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader: The Private Market in Chinese Export Porcelain illustrated from the Hodroff Collection, London, 1994, p.254, no.301; and Colin Sheaf and Richard Kilburn, The Hatcher Porcelain Cargoes: The Complete Record, Oxford, 1988, pp.156-7, pl.207, illustrating a number of similar boys which have been salvaged from the Geldermalsen (1752).
See a related ormolu-mounted Chinese biscuit figure of a boy, Kangxi, which was sold at Sotheby's London, 7 March 2007, lot 111
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The John E. Bodie OBE (1930-2023) Collection of Chinese Art 大英帝國官佐勳章獲勳人John E. Bodie(1930-2023)中國藝術品收藏
A PAIR OF EUROPEAN-ORMOLU-MOUNTED CANDLEHOLDERS WITH CHINESE PORCELAIN 'BOYS'
The Chinese porcelain circa 1750
Each with three seated boys with jovial expressions clad in a blue-glazed dudou holding lotus sprays and precious objects on ormolu mounts in the form of a tree supporting a Kakiemon-style drip pan and fluted candle holder of soft-paste French porcelain, most likely Chantilly. 15cm (5 3/4in) high. (2).
中國瓷器部分約1750 青花童子配歐洲製鎏金銅飾燭臺一對
Provenance: Gerald Kerin Ltd., London, 14 June 1965 (invoice; the invoice dates the ormolu mounts as Louis XVI)
John E. Bodie OBE (1930-2023), London, collection no.105
來源：倫敦古董商Gerald Kerin Ltd.，1965年6月14日（據收據；收據標註鎏金銅飾為路易十六時期）
大英帝國官佐勳章獲勳人John E. Bodie(1930-2023)，倫敦，藏品編號105
Compare with a pair of very similar seated boys in blue-glazed tunics, circa 1750, illustrated by D.Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader: The Private Market in Chinese Export Porcelain illustrated from the Hodroff Collection, London, 1994, p.254, no.301; and Colin Sheaf and Richard Kilburn, The Hatcher Porcelain Cargoes: The Complete Record, Oxford, 1988, pp.156-7, pl.207, illustrating a number of similar boys which have been salvaged from the Geldermalsen (1752).
See a related ormolu-mounted Chinese biscuit figure of a boy, Kangxi, which was sold at Sotheby's London, 7 March 2007, lot 111
