Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 22nd September 2021
Lot 502
A PAIR OF NEPHRITE JADE AND ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £3800
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Description
A PAIR OF NEPHRITE JADE AND ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS
PROBABLY RUSSIAN OR ITALIAN, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
each with an urn shape sconce relief decorated with Bacchanalian scenes, with a detachable nozzle, on a part spiral ribbed stem decorated with swags of flowers, the base decorated with ribbon tied laurel leaves (2)
18.2cm high
Catalogue Note
See Sotheby's, Paris, 14th September 2017, lot 27 for an identical pair.