Lot Essay
A very similar single candlestick with a foreigner was sold in our New York Rooms, 19 March 2008, lot 333.
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A PAIR OF UNUSUAL BRONZE FIGURAL PRICKET CANDLESTICKS
17TH CENTURY
Each cast as a kneeling foreigner with curly hair and scowling expression, wearing a shawl, a sash tied around his bare torso, elaborate inset necklace, a skirt and stiff apron tied around the hips, with one hand on the knee and the other raised to support the drip pan, connected to a smaller drip-pan with a cylindrical shaft detailed with a coiled dragon, all on an openwork hexagonal base, with a brownish-olive patina
12¼ in. (31 cm.) high (2)
17TH CENTURY
Each cast as a kneeling foreigner with curly hair and scowling expression, wearing a shawl, a sash tied around his bare torso, elaborate inset necklace, a skirt and stiff apron tied around the hips, with one hand on the knee and the other raised to support the drip pan, connected to a smaller drip-pan with a cylindrical shaft detailed with a coiled dragon, all on an openwork hexagonal base, with a brownish-olive patina
12¼ in. (31 cm.) high (2)
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
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