A CHINESE YELLOW-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN CANDLE STICK,...

Hammer

£4,800

A CHINESE YELLOW-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN CANDLE STICK, QIANLONG MARK, QING DYNASTY. Nicely enamelled throughout with turquoise-glaze to the interior of the base and smaller upper dish. Decorated to the exterior with the eight Buddhist emblems 'bajixiang' and blue enamelled key-fret band around the base. Six-character mark of Qianlong in a line to the central dish in iron-red. Together with another bell-shaped base missing the top section, which originally would have made these a pair. Candlestick 28cm height (2)

Provenance: Property of a local gentleman who inherited from his mother, acquired around the 1930's

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Damage to the mid section of the candle stick where it joins to the base, with no loss and no repairs. The separate base has overpaint to the rim and neck and missing upper half.