Wall Sconce
Meissen Manufactory
(Germany)
Johann Friedrich Eberlein
(German, 1695–1749)
about 1735
Object PlaceMeissen, Germany
Medium/TechniqueHard-paste porcelain
DimensionsHeight: 29.2 cm (11 1/2 in.)
Credit LineKiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession number2006.1053
On View
On viewClassificationsCeramics
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This wall sconce depicts a Chinese figure sitting cross-legged, holding a parrot in one hand and flowers in the other. Silver or gilt-metal candle holders originally fit into small openings at either side. Similar figures modeled by Eberlein were set on ornamental bases, bot no other wall sconce of this design is known.
ProvenanceAnonymous. March 27, 1973, sale, Sotheby & Co., London, lot 22. Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger, New York
