{"id":89420,"date":"2024-10-12T01:14:43","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T01:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.efirms.shop\/product\/antique-chinese-export-porcelain-canton-famille-rose-elephant-candlestick-1860\/"},"modified":"2024-10-12T01:14:43","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T01:14:43","slug":"antique-chinese-export-porcelain-canton-famille-rose-elephant-candlestick-1860","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.efirms.shop\/product\/antique-chinese-export-porcelain-canton-famille-rose-elephant-candlestick-1860\/","title":{"rendered":"Antique Chinese Export Porcelain Canton Famille Rose Elephant Candlestick 1860"},"content":{"rendered":"
A good antique Chinese Qing dynasty famille rose porcelain candleholder, circa 1860.
\nThis 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 signed to the underside with a hand-painted two character mark. There are other such elephants listed on 1stdibs for $4,000+, this elephant is in excellent condition, no damage or restoration.
\nProvenance; from a large Chinese collection of porcelain, San Francisco. The elephant was acquired at Sotheby’s auction in 1998 for $2400.<\/span><\/p>\n
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    Dimensions: <\/div>\n
    Height: 4 in (10.16 cm)<\/span><\/span>Width: 4 in (10.16 cm)<\/span><\/span>Depth: 3 in (7.62 cm)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Style: <\/div>\n
    Chinese Export(Of the Period)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Materials and Techniques: <\/div>\n
    Porcelain<\/span>Hand-Painted<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Place of Origin: <\/div>\n
    China<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Period: <\/div>\n
    1860-1869<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Date of Manufacture: <\/div>\n
    1860<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Condition: <\/div>\n
    Good<\/span>Wear consistent with age and use. very good condition.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
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    Seller Location: <\/div>\n
    Portland, OR<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Seller: BB-9827 <\/span><\/span>Seller: LU4876136874902<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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    A good antique Chinese Qing dynasty famille rose porcelain candleholder, circa 1860. This very attractive antique Chinese porcelain elephant is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":89408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false},"product_cat":[1956,1962,1961],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-89420","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-asian-art-and-furniture","7":"product_cat-furniture-asian-art-and-furniture","8":"product_cat-scholars-objects","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"sale","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.efirms.shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/89420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.efirms.shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.efirms.shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.efirms.shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.efirms.shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.efirms.shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.efirms.shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=89420"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.efirms.shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=89420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}