A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE CHAMBER-STICKS AND A CANDLESTICK
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-96) AND 19TH CENTURY
The chamber-sticks, each with a foliate-rimmed pan enamelled and gilt with butterflies amongst flowering foliage, and a tall nozzle decorated with two dragons pursuing a flaming pearl; the candlestick, after a European silver original, with pheasants and flowers on the hexafoil base below the tall knopped stem
The tallest, 8¼ in. (21 cm.) high (3)
A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE CHAMBER-STICKS AND A CANDLESTICK
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-96) AND 19TH CENTURY
The chamber-sticks, each with a foliate-rimmed pan enamelled and gilt with butterflies amongst flowering foliage, and a tall nozzle decorated with two dragons pursuing a flaming pearl; the candlestick, after a European silver original, with pheasants and flowers on the hexafoil base below the tall knopped stem
The tallest, 8¼ in. (21 cm.) high (3)
