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Lot 157*

A pair of Meissen candlesticks probably from the Japanese Palace, circa 1735-37

4 July 2024, 12:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A pair of Meissen candlesticks probably from the Japanese Palace, circa 1735-37

The flared, stepped foot moulded with panels of bellflowers, the knopped shaft with oak leaves and flutes at the base of the sconce, painted in Kakiemon style with scattered flower sprigs and bundled sheaves on the foot, the moulded details and rims embellished in gilding, 24cm high, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, one with incised ҂, each with a small ground-down area beneath the base (one restored, gilding worn) (2)

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A similar candlestick with the Japanese Palace inventory number N-221/ W is in the Porcelain Collection in Dresden,
inv. no. PE 5131. The 1770 inventory of the Japanese Palace records under this inventory number 'Zwölf Stück Tafel-Leuchter, mit vergoldten Rändern, und kleinen Blumen nach Indianis. Mahlerey, 10 1/2. Zoll hoch' [twelve candlesticks with gilt rims and small flowers after Indian painting]. According to a delivery specification thirty such large candlesticks were delivered to the Japanese Palace in 1737 (quoted by C. Boltz, Japanisches Palais-Inventar 1770 und Turmzimmer-Inventar 1769, in Keramos 153 (1996), p. 82 and p. 98). It is very likely that the palace inventory number 221 was ground off the base of these two candlesticks.

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