A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED JAPANESE PORCELAIN THREE-BRANCH CANDELABRA
07.07.2022 17:00UTC +00:00
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Starting price
120000GBP £ 120 000
| Auctioneer | CHRISTIE'S |
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| Event location | United Kingdom, London |
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ID 791844
Lot 34 | A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED JAPANESE PORCELAIN THREE-BRANCH CANDELABRA
Estimate value
£ 120 000 – 180 000
CIRCA 1785-90, ALMOST CERTAINLY SUPPLIED BY DOMINIQUE DAGUERRE, THE PORCELAIN ARITA, EDO PERIOD, CIRCA 1670-1700
Each modelled as a seated boy with a dog in his lap and wearing a hat decorated with foliate and floral motifs, the central branch with foliate nozzle and drip-pan above a spirally-gadrooned arm issuing from an acanthus-leaf clasp supporting the boy and two side branches with palm-leaf drip-pans and nozzles, on a shaped plinth with mille-raies panels on gadrooned and spirally-reeded bun feet
Each 12 1⁄2 in. (32 cm.) high; 10 1⁄2 in. (27 cm.) wide; 6 in. (15 cm.) deep
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
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| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
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| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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