A PAIR OF CHINESE PEWTER PRICKET CANDLESTICKS

C.1800

Modelled as caparisoned elephants, each with his head lowered and a European rider crouched on his back, raised on a rectangular base with a shop mark beneath which reads yong ning shun xing, traces of red and gold lacquer, 26.5cm max. (4)

Cf. D S Howard, A Tale of Three Cities, Canton, Shanghai and Hong Kong, pp.196-199 for related pewter figures.