Lot 2057 A rare white-glazed 'chilong' candle holder, Early Tang dynasty | 唐初　白釉塑貼蟠螭紋燭台

A rare white-glazed 'chilong' candle holder, Early Tang dynasty | 唐初　白釉塑貼蟠螭紋燭台

HKD 100,000

100,000 - 200,000 HKD

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Minor restorations (repaired breaks and chips) to sections of the rims of the upper and lower trays, with the repaired break on the upper tray measuring approx. 16 cm, and two repaired sections on the lower tray measuring approx. 15 cm and 18 cm. Otherwise in good overall condition, including the main cylindrical body and dragons, with expected minor glaze wear and occasional tiny flakes.

上下托盤口沿見修，包括上托盤一處約16公分，以及下托盤兩處約15及18公分。除此以外，整體品相良好，見正常釉面磨痕及小剝釉。

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Japanese wood box
22.1 cm
来源：Kochukyo Co., Ltd, Tokyo.
展览：Shuki sibu taikai [Exhibition in Autumn], Japan Ceramic Society, Niigata branch, 1977 (unillustrated).
图录
说明：來源
壺中居，東京
展覽
《秋季支部大会》，日本陶磁協会新潟支部，1977年（沒載圖）
The wealth and sophistication of the Tang elite fostered the production of a wide range of luxury wares, among which finely crafted and elegant lamps were particularly notable. While oil lamps had long been in use, contemporary sources also record the use of beeswax candles, which would likely have been inserted into the present stand. A closely comparable candle holder, attributed to the Tang dynasty, is preserved in the Palace Museum, Beijing, acc. no. xin-39074. See also a related incense burner with a lotus-petal-form bowl, attributed to the Sui to early Tang dynasty, from the Charles B. Hoyt Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, acc. no. 50.1957.