Antique Chinese Export Porcelain Canton Famille Rose Elephant Candlestick 1860 Redo To the front of the

To the front of the chest there are large and deeply carved geometric devices

The paneled fall front with a pierced work escutcheon & key

each base with three drawers and three cupboard doors below with carved panels and raised on plinth bases

the base marked "Thomas Corbett Shrewsbury Winner of 14 prizes"

The bowl having a lobed rim and finely decorated & gilt to the outside with a 'thousand flowers' decoration

Antique Chinese Export Porcelain Canton Famille Rose Elephant Candlestick 1860 Redo To the front of theA 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