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A FINE PAIR OF FIGURES OF CANDLE-HOLDERS SHAPED AS DOGS, CHINA, QING DYNASTY, JAJING PERIOD (1796-1820) (2)
Provenance: from the private collection of Andrew and Nikki Constable Maxwell some of the heirs living in Italy
10 cm high, 20 cm wide
10 cm high, 20 cm wide
ESTIMATE € 900 - 1.500
Modeled affronté, each recumbent with their head raised in expectant attitude black eyes and nose and a slightly open mouth and a joyful expression, with a gilt-dashed iron-red coat and bushy tail, a cloth draped over is back decorated with reserves of foliate stems with blossom flowers in a white and gilded ground, supporting on his back a trumped-form candle nozzle encircled with green leaves between flowered. In overall very good condition, just very small wears on the surface, and very minor firing imperfections.
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