A PAIR OF JAPANESE IVORY AND POLYCHROME DECORATED AND LACQUERED WOOD FIGURAL CANDLESTICKS
MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each stem modelled as an Oni , one holding a steaming pot, the other with a dragon coiled around his shoulder blowing smoke, on rocky carved bases, each with carved signature in Japanese characters
20 ½ in. (52 cm.) high
A PAIR OF JAPANESE IVORY AND POLYCHROME DECORATED AND LACQUERED WOOD FIGURAL CANDLESTICKS
MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each stem modelled as an Oni , one holding a steaming pot, the other with a dragon coiled around his shoulder blowing smoke, on rocky carved bases, each with carved signature in Japanese characters
20 ½ in. (52 cm.) high
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