Antique Chinese Export Porcelain Canton Famille Rose Elephant Candlestick 1860 Recently Added He was created "Cavaliere di

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"

stamp for Gustav Klingert

the leather has just been professionally conditioned

Antique Chinese Export Porcelain Canton Famille Rose Elephant Candlestick 1860 Recently Added He was created "Cavaliere diA 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