A PAIR OF LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE AND EUROPEAN...
A PAIR OF LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE AND EUROPEAN PORCELAIN TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA
THE PORCELAIN 18TH CENTURY, THE MOUNTS SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Each modelled as a squatting, smiling Chinese warrior supporting a tray upon his head, the basket of flowers issuing foliate candle-arms, one with inscribed inventory number to the underside '1991.166.2'
12 ½ in. (32 cm.) high
Provenance
Madame Jacques Balsan (née Consuelo Vanderbilt), Paris and New York [by repute].
The Property of a Lady; Christie's, London, 30 May 1968, lot 12.
Acquired from Partridge, London,1978.
Eugenia Woodward Hitt Collection; Christie's, New York, 31 March 2016, lot 1246.
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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE AND EUROPEAN PORCELAIN TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA
THE PORCELAIN 18TH CENTURY, THE MOUNTS SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Each modelled as a squatting, smiling Chinese warrior supporting a tray upon his head, the basket of flowers issuing foliate candle-arms, one with inscribed inventory number to the underside '1991.166.2'
12 ½ in. (32 cm.) high
Provenance
Madame Jacques Balsan (née Consuelo Vanderbilt), Paris and New York [by repute].
The Property of a Lady; Christie's, London, 30 May 1968, lot 12.
Acquired from Partridge, London,1978.
Eugenia Woodward Hitt Collection; Christie's, New York, 31 March 2016, lot 1246.
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