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AN UNUSUAL BRONZE FIGURAL PRICKET CANDLESTICK
LATE MING DYNASTY, 16TH/17TH CENTURY
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AN UNUSUAL BRONZE FIGURAL PRICKET CANDLESTICK
LATE MING DYNASTY, 16TH/17TH CENTURY
Hollow cast as a kneeling foreigner with curly hair and scowling expression, wearing a shawl, a sash tied around his bare torso and a skirt and stiff apron tied around the hips, with right hand on his hip and left hand raised to support the barbed drip pan, all on an hexagonal base, with brownish-olive patina overall
10¾ in. (27.3 cm.) high
LATE MING DYNASTY, 16TH/17TH CENTURY
Hollow cast as a kneeling foreigner with curly hair and scowling expression, wearing a shawl, a sash tied around his bare torso and a skirt and stiff apron tied around the hips, with right hand on his hip and left hand raised to support the barbed drip pan, all on an hexagonal base, with brownish-olive patina overall
10¾ in. (27.3 cm.) high