Untitled
Unknown
Category
Ceramics
Date
Unknown
Materials
Ceramics, hard paste porcelain, enamels, gilding
Measurements
410 mm (Height)
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 730655.2
Summary
Candleholder, one of a pair, 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 a court lady, holding a vase in her proper left hand to hold a candle, wearing long flowered large-spot robes over a pleated striped skirt and her hair in a high topknot with hair ornaments. [check marks]
Provenance
Unknown provenance.
Makers and roles
Unknown, manufacturer