Bidspirit auction | Pair Chinese Export Imari Candlesticks


Pair Chinese Export Imari Candlesticks - Pair of Chinese export Imari porcelain candlesticks, Kangxi ca. 1720. Each decorated with flower sprigs with a fluted central knop and lower body spiral. The form after European silver originals. Provenance: Cohen & Cohen, London, 6 February 1998; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff. (Each) height: 6 1/2 in x diameter: 4 in. Condition: One candlestick has been broken into two pieces and repaired near the base. This same stick has deep firing flaw cracks along the base. Both candlesticks with small chips, mainly to the glaze layer, throughout. Accretions to the interior of the candlesticks.