Antique Chinese Export Porcelain Canton Famille Rose Elephant Candlestick 1860 Recently Added height 33 inches

height 33 inches

he went to Germany with his family and lived in Neustrelitz until 1915 when the war forced him to return home

He was created "Cavaliere di Cristo" by his patron Pope Clement VIII by whom he was much patronized and also by Pope Sixtus V

The bronze is signed "Kossowski"

Original glass to the front and rear

Antique Chinese Export Porcelain Canton Famille Rose Elephant Candlestick 1860 Recently Added height 33 inchesA good antique Chinese Qing dynasty famille rose porcelain candleholder, circa 1860. This very attractive antique Chinese porcelain elephant is hand painted in the Canton famille rose palette, and profusely gilded throughout. The elephant having a Gu form candleholder, decorated with a famille rose design and having a gilded rim, below is a caparison (an ornamental covering over a saddle) also decorated in the famille rose palette. The elephant is