A rare Chinese blue and white wall sconce A rare Chinese blue and white wall sconce A rare Chinese blue and white wall sconce A rare Chinese blue and white wall sconce

A rare Chinese blue and white wall sconce

Reference: ART1002719

The shaped back plate decorated in cobalt-blue tones with three ladies standing on steps in front of an elaborate pavilion. A scholar stands in the distance amongst terraced buildings, all amongst a garden with vases filled with flowers. The front holder is moulded as an openwork leafy scroll, and the the scallop-shaped top is decorated with auspicious objects below three stiff leaf lappets enclosing lotus scrolls.

The scallop-shaped top 11.50 cm by 15.50.

Catalogue notes: Compare an almost identical wall sconce sold at Sotheby's London, 16 May 2012, lot 328.