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PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR

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A RARE PAIR OF MASSIVE SILVER-INLAID BRONZE CANDLESTICKS

18TH-19TH CENTURY
Each candlestick is constructed in separate sections consisting of a large, domed base inlaid in silver with
mythical beasts in a landscape surmounted by a fared-rim drip pan decorated en suite and cast on the
interior with the ten-character seal mark Da Ming Xuande nianzhi wu jin Shisou. The central shaft is inlaid
with bats amidst clouds and supports a second, smaller drip pan below a faceted pricket.
64æ in. (164.5 cm.) high, hongmu stands
$60,000-90,000
清十八/十九世紀 銅錯銀大燭臺一對 「大明宣德年製五金石叟」款

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