Unusual Kangxi 1662 – 1722 Blue and White Porcelain European Form Candle Stick.
A Kangxi Blue and White Porcelain Candlestick c.1700. The Baluster Form with a High Domed Bases has a Slightly Everted Rim.
- Condition
- In poor condition : there is a large filled hole to the base and a crack across the base. There is a poorly restuck section to the top with an associated crack.
- Size
- Height : 17 cm (6 3/4 inches)
- Provenance
- N/A
- Stock number
- 24298
- References
- A Kangxi blue and white porcelain candlestick dated to c.1700 of this form but with rather a different design is in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, see : Chinese Porcelain in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, The Ming and Qing Dynasties (Christiaan Jorg, Phillip Wilson, The Rijksmuseum, 1997) page 258, plate 296.
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Kangxi porcelain candlesticks are rare, most candlesticks date from the Yongzheng and Qianlong periods. Only a few forms are known to have been made from the Kangxi period.