KANGXI 1662 – 1722
A Rare Small Kangxi Blue and White Porcelain European Form Taperstick / Candlestick c.1690-1710. The Square Canted Base Supports a Shaped Square Stem with a Circular Aperture for the Candle. Decorated with Flowering Plants and Insects.
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- Condition
- In perfect condition.
- Size
- Height : 14 cm (5 1/2 inches)
- Provenance
- N/A
- Stock number
- 24438
- References
- For a Kangxi porcelain Taperstick / Candlestick of this form see our `Sold Items` number 23153. A very similar Kangxi blue and white `taperstick` from the Helena Woolworth McCann Collection, Purchase, Winfield Foundation Gift, 1970 (1970.266.3) is on display in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (On view in Gallery 201). It has been dated to c.1700-1710 and is described as being probably made for the Dutch market after a painted wood model, see http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1970.266.3. This piece is published in : Chinese Export Porcelain (Le Corbeiller, Clare, and Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 60, no. 3. Winter, 2003).
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