A pair of Chinese blue and white candlesticks 19th century

A pair of Chinese blue and white candlesticks 19th century, each in two sections and painted with dragons, bats and cloud scrolls, each with a four character mark which reads yong mao yuan ji (the source of eternal exuberance), 29cm. (4) Provenance: the property of a Lady. Cf. The Oriental Ceramics Society of Hong Kong, Exhibition of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain and Related Underglazed Red, February 1975, no.113 for a related candlestick.