A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN CANDLESTICKS
A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN CANDLESTICKS
A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN CANDLESTICKS
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A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN CANDLESTICKS
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A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN CANDLESTICKS

THE PORCELAIN QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795), THE ORMOLU MOUNTS FRENCH, 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN CANDLESTICKS
THE PORCELAIN QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795), THE ORMOLU MOUNTS FRENCH, 19TH CENTURY
Each standing female figure supporting lotus-shaped candle nozzles flanked by birds with colorful plumage on rockwork base, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label
11 3/4 in. (30 cm.) high, 8 1/2 in. (22 cm.) wide
Provenance
The Collection of Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan, formerly Duchess of Marlborough, by repute.
Acquired from Matthew Schutz, New York, by Ann and Gordon Getty in 1979.
Exhibited
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, A Curious Affair, the Fascination Between East and West, June 17 - September 3, 2006.

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Lot Essay

CONSUELO VANDERBILT BALSAN (1877-1964)
The daughter of William Kissam Vanderbilt and Alva Smith Belmont, Consuelo became a celebrated debutante at her parents' Newport residence, Marble House, where in August of 1895 she met Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough. She married the Duke that autumn and returned to England to live at Blenheim Palace. She separated from the 9th Duke in 1905 and was officially divorced in 1920. The following summer she married the French aviator, Jacques Balsan. Settling in France, they divided their time between the splendid seventeenth-century château de Saint-Georges-Motel, near Eure, Normandy and the hôtel Marlborough, Paris, both of which they filled with exceptional French furniture and works of art of the Ancien Régime. Fleeing to America and Palm Beach in 1940, Colonel and Madame Balsan continued to surround themselves with the jewels of their collection.

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