Untitled
Unknown
Category
Ceramics
Date
1736 - 1795
Materials
Ceramics, hard paste porcelain, enamels, gilding
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 730655
Summary
A pair of candleholders, hard paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, China (for the export market), probably Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1736-1795). Moulded in the shape of court ladies, holding vases to hold candles, wearing long flowered large-spot robes over a pleated striped skirt and their hair in high topknots with hair ornaments. [check marks]
Provenance
Unknown provenance.
Makers and roles
Unknown, manufacturer