A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND PORCELAIN TWIN-LIGHT CANDELABRA

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19.10.2023 10:00UTC -04:00
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Lot 50 | A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND PORCELAIN TWIN-LIGHT CANDELABRA
A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND PORCELAIN TWIN-LIGHT CANDELABRA

LATE 19TH CENTURY

Formed as large seated figures of Shou Lao with bare abdomen, holding peach sprays and wearing ormolu cabbage leaf hats and with ormolu foliage branches behind, mounted with white porcelain flowers and each with branches for two lights, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label

12 ½ in. (31.75 cm.) high, 12 in. (30.5 cm.) wide, 8 ½ in. (21.5 cm.) deep





Provenance

Nellie Baillie, 2nd Baroness Burton (1873-1962);

By descent to Michael Baillie, 3rd Baron Burton (1924-2013), according to Partridge invoice.

Acquired from Partridge, London, by Ann and Gordon Getty on in 1983.



Exhibited

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, according to Partridge invoice.
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