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each with the hollow bell-shaped base rising to a central bulb supporting a large circular dish tray, set to the center with a tall tapering cylindrical neck, surmounted by a small bulbous section below a smaller tray fi tted with a metal pricket, decorated in brilliant enamels against a bright turquoise ground with the ribbon-tied ‘Eight Auspicious Emblems’, all amid stylized lotus blossoms borne on dense scrolling leafy stems, the rims with gilt keyfret bands (2) Height 20? in., 53 cm Finely cast and brilliantly enameled, the technique, palette and ornamentation of the present candlesticks are distinctly Qing in style while the form is a clear reference to antiquity in accordance with the decorative trends of the Qianlong period. Such candlesticks would have comprised part of a fi ve-piece altar garniture which would have been employed for religious or ritual ceremonies. See a complete champlevé enamel set consisting of an incense burner, a pair of vases and a pair of candlesticks, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, published in Enamel Ware in the Ming and Ch’ing Dynasties, Taipei, 1999, pl. 155. See further a cloisonné enamel set from the collection of the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah, New York, sold in these rooms, 15th March 2016, lot 128. Compare also a pair of champlevé enamel candlesticks of similar form, sold in our London rooms, 6th November 2013, lot 132.
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