A PAIR OF CHINESE ZITAN AND HARDWOOD HEXAGONAL-SECTION CANDLESTICK HOLDERS ON STANDS

19TH CENTURY

The zitan baskets carved with shou characters surrounded by swirling clouds, each with a removable metal liner to the interior, raised on tall hardwood stands pierced with stylised billowing clouds and carved with birds perching on blossoming branches, each stand surmounted by a circular metal mirror, one incised with a crane beneath a pine tree, the other with a butterfly and birds amidst prunus, 1.8m high. (2)