A Pair of Gilt Bronze Mounted Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Figures...
A Pair of Gilt Bronze Mounted Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Figures of Quails mounted as Candelabra, Qianlong with later mounts, the standing birds with detachable wings holding flowering branches in their beaks supporting drum shaped sockets, on stepped rectangular bases and cast and pierced scrollwork bracket feet, 22cm high See illustration
Provenance: Ex Edwin Davies Cloisonné Collection, illustrated pg.40 Irvine (Gregory) Japanese Cloisonné: The Seven Treasures, Victoria & Albert Museum Far Eastern Series, V&A Publications 2006
For a similar pair see Christie's, South Kensington, 22 January 2013, lot 307
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A Pair of Gilt Bronze Mounted Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Figures of Quails mounted as Candelabra, Qianlong with later mounts, the standing birds with detachable wings holding flowering branches in their beaks supporting drum shaped sockets, on stepped rectangular bases and cast and pierced scrollwork bracket feet, 22cm high See illustration
Provenance: Ex Edwin Davies Cloisonné Collection, illustrated pg.40 Irvine (Gregory) Japanese Cloisonné: The Seven Treasures, Victoria & Albert Museum Far Eastern Series, V&A Publications 2006
For a similar pair see Christie's, South Kensington, 22 January 2013, lot 307
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