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                                                                                                A BRONZE CRANE-FORM PRICKET
                                                                                                CANDLESTICK

                                                                                                                                                17TH CENTURY
                                                                                                                                                      The crane is shown standing on top of a grassy mound with head
                                                                                                                                                      turned back, and supports a hu-form vase on its back from which
                                                                                                                                                      issues upright lotus stems that rise to a lotus-leaf-form drip pan
                                                                                                                                                      with tall pricket.
                                                                                                                                                      16 in. (40.6 cm.) high
                                                                                                                                                      $3,000-5,000

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 PROVENANCE

                                                                                                                                                      Eastern Pacifc Co., Hong Kong.
                                                                                                                                                      Robert H. Ellsworth, New York.
                                                                                                                                                      The Marie Theresa L. Virata (1923-2015) Collection.
                                                                                                                                                      十七世紀 銅仙鶴式燭台
                                                                                                                                                      來源
                                                                                                                                                      Eastern Pacific Co.,香港
                                                                                                                                                      安思遠,紐約
                                                                                                                                                      瑪麗·泰瑞莎·L·維勒泰 (1923-2015) 珍藏

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