ID 963366
Lot 3015 | A RARE WHITE-GLAZED CANDLESTICK BASE
Estimate value
HKD 400 000 – 600 000
SUI DYNASTY (AD 581-618)
The base is moulded with a band of elaborate lotus petals in relief around the foot below horizontal concentric rings, covered on the exterior with a clear crackled glaze of pale greenish-yellow tone. The base is unglazed revealing the greyish-brown buff body.
6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
Provenance
Acquired in Hong Kong on 21 August 1983
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Stoneware |
| Historical era: | Sui dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Boxes and Cases |
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Stoneware |
| Historical era: | Sui dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Boxes and Cases |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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| Conditions of purchase | Conditions of purchase |



