This candlestick has a conical central stem spreading to a flared wide base, applied with a large drip-pan around a mid-section and a smaller drip-pan at the top. The base is moulded as lotus flower.
This candlestick has a conical central stem spreading to a flared wide base, applied with a large drip-pan around a mid-section and a smaller drip-pan at the top. The base is moulded as lotus flower.
The shape of the present example derives from a model of standard ritual bronzes cast for altars which usually comprise five vessels (wu gang), a censer, two candlesticks, and a pair of vases.
Early woodblock prints depict these objects formally arranged in a line across the altar table with the censer used as a centerpiece flanked by candlesticks with the vases at the two ends.
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