A CLOISONNE ENAMEL CANDLESTICK QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY | 清十八世紀 掐絲琺瑯纏枝番蓮紋燭臺

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A CLOISONNE ENAMEL CANDLESTICK

QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

清十八世紀 掐絲琺瑯纏枝番蓮紋燭臺

the bell-shaped base rising to a central bulb supporting a large circular drip tray, set to the centre with a tall tapering cylindrical neck, surmounted by a double-bulbous section below a smaller tray fitted with a metal pricket, decorated with lotus blossoms borne on dense scrolling leafy stems against a turquoise-ground

Height 38.2 cm, 15 in.