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Wall Light

Possibly after: Cornelis Pronk (Dutch, 1691–1759)
Chinese for export
Qing dynasty (Qianlong)
About 1740
Object Place: China for export

Medium/Technique Hard-paste porcelain, later gilt-bronze candle branches
Dimensions Height: 48.3 cm (19 in.)
Credit Line Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2006.891.2
CollectionsEurope, Asia
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionWall light in the Régence style, shaped and molded with foliage, strapwork and birds in red, green, blue, lavender, black and gold, the center with a woman holding a flaming torch aloft in her left and and a second torch lowered in her right. The two-branch candle holder is probably a later addition.
ProvenanceUntil 1979, Kathryn Bache Miller (b. 1896 – d. 1979), New York; April 17 -19, 1980, Miller estate sale, Christie, Manson and Woods, New York, lot 1179, to Edward M. Pflueger (b. 1905 - d. 1997) and Kiyi Powers Pflueger (b. 1915 - d. 2008), New York; 2006, bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 26, 2006)