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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 136, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Candlestick

1700-1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Porcelain candlestick, in the form of a tree-trunk with a crane standing by it; on the trunk with applied ornaments resembling the head of the ruyi sceptre.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain, glazed
Brief description
Dehua ware. Candlestick, porcelain with clear glaze, China, Qing dynasty, 1700-1800
Physical description
Porcelain candlestick, in the form of a tree-trunk with a crane standing by it; on the trunk with applied ornaments resembling the head of the ruyi sceptre.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.7cm
  • Base width: 6.4cm
Styles
Object history
Purchased from the Bandinel Collection, accessioned in 1853. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Formerly Bandinel Collection.
Production
label
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
1453-1853

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Record createdJanuary 12, 2009
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