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AN AMBER-GLAZED CANDLESTICK The result of Oxford thermolumniscence test no.C199j17, dated 6
Tang Dynasty April 1999, is consistent with the dating of this lot.
The vessel fitted with a cylindrical candle holder centring a circular drip
pan raised on a ribbed stem rising from a larger drip pan, all raised on Oxford Authentication Ltd公司熱釋光檢測結果（1999年4月6日，編號
a spreading foot and covered overall with a rich amber glaze. C199j17）顯示年代與本拍品年代一致。
34cm (13 3/8in) high.
Compare with a related straw-glazed candlestick, Tang dynasty,
£6,000 - 8,000 illustrated by H.Tseng and R.P.Dart, The Charles B. Hoyt Collection,
CNY47,000 - 63,000 Boston, 1964, pl.62. See also a similarly-shaped sancai-glazed
candlestick, Tang dynasty, illustrated by W.Watson, Tang and Liao
唐 褐釉燭台 Ceramics, London, 1984, p.72, fig.42.
A related sancai-glazed candlestick, Tang dynasty, was sold at
Christie’s New York, 20 September 2005, lot 194.
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