Lot 140
140
A RARE PAIR OF LARGE MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE CANDLESTICKS
A RARE PAIR OF LARGE MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE CANDLESTICKS
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, LONDON (LOTS 140-145)
A RARE PAIR OF LARGE MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE CANDLESTICKS

18TH CENTURY

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A RARE PAIR OF LARGE MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE CANDLESTICKS
18TH CENTURY
Each candlestick is finely decorated with concentric horizontal bands of lotus scroll alternating with stylised leaves, ruyi-heads and classic scroll, all in varying tones of vibrant cobalt blue with simulated heaping anf piling effect in imitation of the Ming style.
17 in. (43.2 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

These candlesticks compare with a pair bearing a date corresponding to 1740 illustrated by Wiesner, Chinesisches Porzellan, The Ohlmer'sche Sammlung im Roemer-Museum, Hildesheim, Mainz, 1981, pl. 52; and another, with a date corresponding to 1741 in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, illustrated by Rose Kerr, Chinese Ceramics, Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty, London, 1986, pl. 45. See also a pair of almost identical candlesticks sold at Christie's New York, 22 March 1999, lot 299.

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