Antique Chinese Export Porcelain Canton Famille Rose Elephant Candlestick 1860 Redo Place des Vosges Paris

Place des Vosges Paris

The paneled fall front with a pierced work escutcheon & key

The base having an inset tooled and gilded leather surface

Important & rare antique 18th century American maple & figured maple dressing table/lowboy/highboy base

the base marked "Thomas Corbett Shrewsbury Winner of 14 prizes"

Antique Chinese Export Porcelain Canton Famille Rose Elephant Candlestick 1860 Redo Place des Vosges ParisA 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