AN UNUSUAL PAIR OF PAINTED LACQUERED WOOD LANTERN STANDS WITH GILT-BRONZE AND GLASS LANTERNS

18TH/19TH CENTURY

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AN UNUSUAL PAIR OF PAINTED LACQUERED WOOD LANTERN STANDS WITH GILT-BRONZE AND GLASS LANTERNS
18th/19th Century
Each tall, slender pole rising from a base of double-gourd form and terminating in a foliate scroll arm, all painted in gilding and red on a black ground, each suspending a reticulated, cylindrical lantern pierced with foliate scroll surrounding eight framed, curved glass panels arranged in two registers, with pedestal foot
87in. (223cm.) high (2)