A PAIR OF JAPANESE BRONZE CANDLESTICKS, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), EACH SIGNED MIYAO SEI | Christie's
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A PAIR OF JAPANESE BRONZE CANDLESTICKS

MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), EACH SIGNED MIYAO SEI

Price realised USD 37,800
Estimate
USD 8,000 – USD 12,000
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A PAIR OF JAPANESE BRONZE CANDLESTICKS

MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), EACH SIGNED MIYAO SEI

Price realised USD 37,800
Price realised USD 37,800
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A PAIR OF JAPANESE BRONZE CANDLESTICKS
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), EACH SIGNED MIYAO SEI
Each cast as two acrobats balancing a taiko drum, details finely chiseled and gilded, faces and hands patinated in copper, on robes of the two male acrobats and the fan incised Miyao and Miyao sei; two bases modeled as cloth covered stages, finely chiseled and gilt with chrysanthemum, each signed Miyao sei
17 1/8 in. (43.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired from Parish-Hadley, New York, by Ann and Gordon Getty in 1978.

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