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A GERMAN ORMOLU AND MEISSEN PORCELAIN NINE-LIGHT CHANDELIER ...

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£ 18 750
Auction dateClassic
12.11.2020 14:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom, London
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Lot 21 | A GERMAN ORMOLU AND MEISSEN PORCELAIN NINE-LIGHT CHANDELIER ...
A GERMAN ORMOLU AND MEISSEN PORCELAIN NINE-LIGHT CHANDELIER

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
Art style:Rococo
Historical era:Period of Louis XV
Place of origin:Germany
Auction house category:Lamps and luminaires
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
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