ID 820212
Lot 516 | A LOUIS XV ORMOLU AND CHINESE PORCELAIN TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRUM
Estimate value
$ 6 000 – 10 000
THE ORMOLU POSSIBLY GERMAN, CIRCA 1745, THE PORCELAIN 18TH CENTURY
Incorporating a Chinese porcelain figure of a kneeling boy offering a basket, flanked by a pair of leaf-scrolled ormolu candle branches, the underside of the base and the sole of the shoe with white painted 'W/F/182', the screen and stem later, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label
16 1/2 in. (42 cm.) high
Provenance
Collection of HRH, The Duke of Windsor and the Duchess of Windsor, Paris; Sotheby's, New York, 11-19 September 1997, lot 835.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
Applied technique: | Pottery |
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Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Western Europe, France, Asia, Europe |
Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps |
Applied technique: | Pottery |
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Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Western Europe, France, Asia, Europe |
Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps |
Address of auction |
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