AN EARLY 18TH CENTURY PAKTONG CANDLESTICK

AN EARLY 18TH CENTURY PAKTONG CANDLESTICK

FRENCH, C.1730

cast in two parts and threaded together, with a rising-baluster stem above a ball knop and faceted socket, on a raised octagonal base, a clear foundry patch to underside

22cm high

Literature

See K. Pinn, 'Paktong, The Chinese Alloy in Europe, 1680-1820', p. 23, pl. col. pl. 7 for a similar candlestick.

Exhibited

K. Pinn Exhibition, Essex, December 1981.