ID 437173
Lot 21 | A GERMAN ORMOLU AND MEISSEN PORCELAIN NINE-LIGHT CHANDELIER ...
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 25 000
THE PORCELAIN SHAFT AND ARMS MODELLED BY J.J. KÄNDLER IN 1735, THE PORCELAIN BULB CIRCA 1742-45, THE MOUNTS MID-18TH CENTURY AND LATER
The central porcelain section modelled by J.J.Kändler with three laughing pagoda figures, a gilt oriental baldachin above, surmounted by a baluster hexagonal-section upper part with colourful parrots, their lead heads issuing foliate branches terminating in flowerhead drip-pans and nozzles, each laughing pagoda figure issuing two scrolling flowering branches terminating with birds supporting ormolu flowerhead drip-pans and nozzles, the associated lower section comprising a bulb formed from an écuelle and cover decorated with figural scenes after Watteau, and applied with scrolling ormolu branches applied with porcelain flowers, adapted from a candelabrum, restorations to the porcelain, losses and replacements to the flowers, the drip-pans and nozzles probably 19th century and pierced for electricity
39 ½ in. (100 cm.) high; 20 in. (51 cm.) wide
| Medium: | Gilding, Gold |
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| Art style: | Rococo |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XV |
| Place of origin: | Germany |
| Auction house category: | Lamps and luminaires |
| Medium: | Gilding, Gold |
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| Art style: | Rococo |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XV |
| Place of origin: | Germany |
| Auction house category: | Lamps and luminaires |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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