Bidspirit auction | Pair Chinese Export Verte Imari

Pair Chinese Export Verte Imari Candlesticks - Pair of Chinese export verte Imari porcelain candlesticks, Kangxi ca. 1725. Decorated with garden scene cartouches reserved on a blue ground of flowering gilt vines edges in black enamel along the base. The stems with bands of bright green stiff-leaf tips, flowerheads, dots, and scallops. Provenance: Christie's, New York, ”The Benjamin F. Edward III Collection of Chinese Export Porcelain, ” 22 January 2002, Lot 231; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff. (Each) height: 8 1/4 in x diameter: 4 1/2 in. Condition: Small chips to the high points including ridges and rims. One candlestick has been snapped in half and reattached. Accretions to the interior of the candlesticks.