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A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI ‘LOTUS’ 十七至十八世紀
CANDLESTICKS 黃花梨蓮紋燭臺一對
17TH - 18TH CENTURY
30 and 30.5 cm 來源：
好善簃，倫敦，1990年代初
PROVENANCE
Gerard Hawthorn Ltd, London, early 1990s.
◉ HK$ 200,000-300,000
US$ 25,800-38,700

In their naturalistic and sculptural representation, these
sumptuous candlesticks are archetypal objects. The present
huanghuali candlesticks are extremely rare, probably due
to the nature of the material. The form is frequently found
in porcelain, bronze and cloisonné enamel, as pairs or as
constituent parts of five-piece ritual garnitures.
For a blue and white porcelain candlestick with a Qianlong
reign mark and of the period, inscribed with a poem dated
to the jiazi year of Qianlong (corresponding to 1744), in the
National Palace Museum, Taipei, see the Museum’s Special
Exhibition of K’ang-hsi, Yung-cheng and Ch’ien-lung Porcelain
Ware from the Ch’ing Dynasty, 1986, cat. no. 141; another
is illustrated in Alexander J. Pope, Porcelains in the Frick
Collection, New York, 1974, pl. 65.8-144.

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