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A LARGE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ‘DRAGON’
PRICKET CANDLESTICK
Kangxi
Supported on a bell-shaped base, finely decorated
in bright enamels with a shou character between
two pairs of confronted dragons, below a collar of
gilded lappets, rising to a meiping shaft supporting a
drip-pan and a tapering column, similarly enamelled
with confronted dragons and scrolling lotus tendrils,
continuing to a smaller gilt drip-pan surmounted by
a pricket.
48cm (18 7/8in) high.

£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000

清康熙 銅胎掐絲琺瑯夔龍捧壽紋燭台

A related pair of cloisonné enamel pricket
candlesticks, 18th century, with the drip pan similarly
supported by a baluster, was sold at Christie’s New
York, 19 March 2021, lot 814.

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