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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, colored enamels, gilding. 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 Number2006.891.1
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 in a pink robe with a flaming torch raised in her left hand and lowered in her right. The two-branch candle arm 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)