Lot Essay
A Wanli mark and period porcelain candlestick of similar shape was included by S. Marchant & Son in their Exhibition of Chinese Blue and White, Wanli to Kangxi, July 1980, no. 29.
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17TH CENTURY
Details
A pair of cloisonne pricket candlesticks
17th Century
The cylindrical shaft supported on a bell-shaped foot, interrupted by two hexafoil drip-pans, decorated with scrolling lotus and camellia on a turquoise ground
33.2 cm. high (2)
17th Century
The cylindrical shaft supported on a bell-shaped foot, interrupted by two hexafoil drip-pans, decorated with scrolling lotus and camellia on a turquoise ground
33.2 cm. high (2)
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