Lot description
AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND IMPORTANT PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE OCTAGONAL CANDLESTICKS Yongle Each with a truncated octagonal faceted base divided into eight waisted vertical panels, each panel decorated with an undulating leafy stem sprouting two blossoms, the corners of the panels with ruyi-head blue-ground spandrels, in pairs forming cloud collars divided by narrow borders between the panels, the slightly depressed drip-pan decorated with a band of lotus lappets enclosing swirling waves, the upright cylindrical neck with leafy chrysanthemum scroll sprouting full-blown flowers below a band of diaper pattern, all below an octagonal socket encircled with a band of overlapping leaves, key-fret scrolls and lappets, all in a deep tone of cobalt-blue with 'heaped and piled' areas oxidised to an inky colour beneath a blueish-hue transparent glaze, box. Each 29cm (11 3/8in) high, 8.5cm (3 3/8in) mouth diam., 24cm (9 1/2in) base diam. (2). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
