Antique Chinese Export Porcelain Canton Famille Rose Elephant Candlestick 1860 Decorative Arts Pair of Antique Staffordshire Flat-Back

Pair of Antique Staffordshire Flat-Back Figurines Modeled as Highwaymen

the candlestick is raised upon a substantial tripod base with three winged griffins

The tall chest has provenance of the same family ownership for more than 7 generations

Giorgio de Chirico and Alberto Giacometti

Bruges 1523 d

Antique Chinese Export Porcelain Canton Famille Rose Elephant Candlestick 1860 Decorative Arts Pair of Antique Staffordshire Flat-BackA good antique Chinese Qing dynasty famille rose porcelain candleholder, circa 1860. This very attractive antique Chinese porcelain elephant is hand painted in the Canton famille rose palette, and profusely gilded throughout. The elephant having a Gu form candleholder, decorated with a famille rose design and having a gilded rim, below is a caparison (an ornamental covering over a saddle) also decorated in the famille rose palette. The elephant is