CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ALTAR CANDLESTICK
QING DYNASTY, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
on a square domed base, finely enamelled to each side with a lotus bloom surrounded by scrolls all reserved on a rich turquoise-blue ground, the interior decorated with cracked ice and cherry blossom, converted to a lamp
39cm high (without fittings)

PROVENANCE: Private London Collection, acquired Guest & Gray, London, October 2009