Live Auction 16353Kenneth Neame: Including Arts of India, English and European Furniture and Works of Art, European and Chinese Ceramics, Chinese and Old Master Paintings
A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
Lot 7

A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA

EARLY 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY NORTH EUROPEAN

Closed13 June 2018

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A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
EARLY 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY NORTH EUROPEAN
Each surmounted by dragon-wrapped branches issuing from a batwing pagoda nozzle supported by addorsed chinaman monopodia, on a batwing socle and circular tooled base, formerly converted to lamps
22 ¼ in. (56.5 cm.) high

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 29 January 1994, lot 229.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 7 April 2006, lot 249.

Specialist note

These candelabra exemplify the revived fashion for chinoiserie as promoted by the Prince of Wales (later George IV) during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The Prince's interest in Chinese decoration was first expressed in his Chinese Drawing Room at Carlton House decorated under the auspices of Henry Holland and Dominique Daguerre. They are reminiscent of some of the objets imported from the continent and further afield for this room, such as a group of candelabra with Chinese figures and dragon finials (exhibited in Carlton House: The Past Glories of George IV's Palace, The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, 1991-1992, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, p. 105, fig. 57).