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Lot 261

A large cloisonné enamel 'Dragon' pricket candlestick
Kangxi

2 November 2021, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £5,100 inc. premium

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A large cloisonné enamel 'Dragon' pricket candlestick

Kangxi
Supported on a bell-shaped base, finely decorated in bright enamels with a shou character between two pairs of confronted dragons, below a collar of gilded lappets, rising to a meiping shaft supporting a drip-pan and a tapering column, similarly enamelled with confronted dragons and scrolling lotus tendrils, continuing to a smaller gilt drip-pan surmounted by a pricket. 48cm (18 7/8in) high.

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清康熙 銅胎掐絲琺瑯夔龍捧壽紋燭台

A related pair of cloisonné enamel pricket candlesticks, 18th century, with the drip pan similarly supported by a baluster, was sold at Christie's New York, 19 March 2021, lot 814.

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