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Pair of Pricket Candlesticks.
China. Qing dynasty, Daoguang period, dated 1850.
Baitong (white brass).
A pair of baitong candlesticks, based on a Spanish Colonial form of the 17th century, with rectangular bases with canted corners and a turned knop column with a central drip pan and cylindrical nozzle with a spike inserted into the candle holder.
The foot of each candlestick with the incised same inscription, 道光三十年庚戍五月置洪溪清水祖师公, read as, purchased in the fifth month of the gengshu year, the thirtieth year of Daoguang's reign [1850], Hongxi [probably referring to the Hongxi Town, Jiashan County, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province], Ancestor Qingshui.
Qing dynasty, Daoguang period, dated 1850.
Provenance:
Ronald Renton (1929 – 1980), Folly Mill, Thaxted, North Essex.
Then by descent through his family.
Dimensions
H29.8 x W14.9 cmStock number
0621-04The BADA Standard
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