A pair of Chinese altar pricket gilt bronze and cloisonné candlesticks, each supported on a bell-shaped base, decorated with flowers and foliage on turquoise ground, stem, lower and upper drip pans further embellished with flowers, foliage and ruyi border. Edges and foot rim with gilt á la grecque designed borders. Qianlong 1736–1795. H. 48 cm. (2). Provenance: The Swedish city architect Salomon Sörensen 1856–1937. Salomon Sörensen was Malmø's architect in the years 1893–1924. He collected Chinese and Japanese art most of his life.
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A pair of Chinese altar pricket gilt bronze and cloisonné candlesticks, each supported on a bell-shaped base, decorated with flowers and foliage on turquoise ground, stem, lower and upper drip pans further embellished with flowers, foliage and ruyi border. Edges and foot rim with gilt á la grecque designed borders. Qianlong 1736–1795. H. 48 cm. (2). Provenance: The Swedish city architect Salomon Sörensen 1856–1937. Salomon Sörensen was Malmø's architect in the years 1893–1924. He collected Chinese and Japanese art most of his life.
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