Antique Chinese Export Porcelain Canton Famille Rose Elephant Candlestick 1860 Decorative Arts The slightly domed pen box

The slightly domed pen box is lavishly inlaid with gold and silver to both the exterior and interior

or genre scenes of everyday life

passed through the same family of Russian descent since the very early 1900's

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

Antique Chinese Export Porcelain Canton Famille Rose Elephant Candlestick 1860 Decorative Arts The slightly domed pen boxA 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