Porcelain: Japan, Arita (Kakiemon type), Edo period, circa 1670-1700.
Gilded bronze: France, Louis XVI period, circa 1785-1790.
H. 32.5 cm. (13 in.); W. 22/24 cm. (8 ¾ / 9 ½ in.); D. 16 cm. (6 in.).
PROVENANCE: private collection.
Exceptional pair of three-light candelabra, with figures of a seated young boy, holding a dog in Arita porcelain from Japan.
Most probably designed and marketed by the marchand mercier Dominique Daguerre († in 1796).
