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A PAIR OF JAPANESE PORCELAIN NODDING FIGURES ORMOLU-MOUNTED AS FIVE-LIGHT CANDELABRA

Lot 137
09.02.2023 10:30UTC +00:00
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£ 35 280
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Lot 137 | A PAIR OF JAPANESE PORCELAIN NODDING FIGURES ORMOLU-MOUNTED AS FIVE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000
A PAIR OF JAPANESE PORCELAIN NODDING FIGURES ORMOLU-MOUNTED AS FIVE-LIGHT CANDELABRA

THE PORCELAIN BODIES EARLY 18TH CENTURY, THE HEADS PROBABLY EUROPEAN 18TH/19TH CENTURY, THE MOUNTS LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The substantial robed figures decorated in underglaze blue, with overglaze red, black and gilding; the associated nodding heads with ormolu collars; the later candelabra mounts with substantial rococo scrolling bases issuing branches decorated with oak-leaves and acorns, one marked 'Monvoisin' in the casting to the underside

31 3/4 in. (80.5 cm.) high; 17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm.) wide and similar; the figures 20 1/2 in. (52 cm.) and 20 3/4 in. (52.5 cm.) high





Provenance

Sotheby's, London, November 29, 1985, lot 87.

With Partridge Fine Arts, London, 1999.

The Collection of Dr. Alexandre Benchoufi; Sotheby's, New York, 9 November 2006, lot 67 ($96,000).



Literature

J. Bourne & V. Brett, Lighting in the Domestic Interior, London, 1991, p. 194, no. 633.

L. Morton, Partridge Fine Arts, Recent Acquisitions 1999, Southend, 1999, p. 162 no. 60.
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