Japanese Works of Art - 20th May 2026
Lot 809
A PAIR OF JAPANESE BRONZE CANDLESTICKS
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £51
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Description
A PAIR OF JAPANESE BRONZE PRICKET CANDLESTICKS
MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY
Both raised on three monster-head feet and with elephant-head handles, each with panels containing birds on both sides, both signed underneath, possibly Nakao Shōshin zō, 22cm and 22.8cm. (2)
Provenance: from the Estate of a Collector, Heath House, Hampshire, and thence by descent. By repute, acquired in Asia at the turn of the 19th century.