A PAIR OF PAKTONG CRESTED HEXAGONAL CANDLESTICKS

LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF PAKTONG CRESTED HEXAGONAL CANDLESTICKS
late 18th/early 19th century
The stems of knopped flaring form above flaring stepped bases terminating in a foliate foot-rim, the nozzles and bases each engraved with a crest above the monogram DD
10 in. (25.5 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

A single paktong candlestick of similar form was exhibited A Tale of Three Cities, Canton, Shanghai & Hong Kong, London, 1997, Catalogue no.299; and a pair of monogrammed paktong candlesticks were included in the same exhibition as no. 296.

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