AUCTION 26: RUSSIAN AND EUROPEAN DECORATIVE ART

A RUSSIAN PORCELAIN AND GILT-BRONZE CHANDELIER

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Start price: $5,000

Estimated price: $7,000 - $9,000

Buyer's premium:

Rare nine-light vase candelabrum, made by Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg. Installed on an openwork base made of gilded bronze. The candle bowls are made of gilded bronze in the form of lush flowers on twisted stems. Period of Alexander II (1855-1881).

Provenance: Sotheby’s, New York, Russian Works of Art and Objects of Vertu, December 15, 1999, lot # 154. Please refer to the provided images.

Dimensions: H: 37 in., (94 cm.)

Condition: Very good, gilt is well preserved.