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- 29 Pair of Pricket Candlesticks
Qing dynasty; mid to late 18th century
h. 54.5 cm; Given anonymously in
Memory of Sir James Howard Thornton
AGGV 77.142
These pricket candlesticks are assembled in
five individually cast bronze sections, on a
high-domed foot decorated with stylized
flowers and crowded multi-coloured floral
scrolls. The stem supports a similarly deco-
rated tray with gilt-bronze rim engraved
with a band of key-fret. The column rising
from the centre of this tray has a small
matching tray on top. The colours include
the rose-pink derived from gold chloride,
red, white, yellow, cobalt blue, shades of
green, purple, and orange-yellow, on a pale
turquoise-blue ground.
30 One of a Pair of Flower Vases
Qing dynasty; mid to late 18th century
h. 44.5 cm; Anonymous Gift in Memory of
Sir James Howard Thornton
aggv 77.169.1 /2
This vase is similarly decorated to the pre-
ceding pricket candlestick and was prob-
ably part of the same Buddhist altar set.
An altar set consists of five objects: a pair
of flower vases, a pair of candlesticks and
an incense burner. The vases and the
pricket candlestick were acquired by Sir
James Howard Thornton while taking part
in the Franco-British expedition to Peking
in i860. The upper and lower rim of the
vase are decorated with a key-fret pattern.
The neck is decorated with a geometric
design and has cloisonne handles. The body
is covered with floral scrolls and red bats,
the symbol of vast happiness.
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