MYOCHIN FAMILY An Unusual Iron Candlestick Modelled with a Desig...
MYOCHIN FAMILY
An Unusual Iron Candlestick Modelled with a Design of Shochikubai (Pine, Bamboo and Plum, the 'Three Friends of Winter')
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), mid-/late 19th century
Cast in two separate sections in the form of a cluster of three stylised pine trees growing around a bamboo node, the shallow drip-pan in the form of a five-petalled plum blossom surmounted by a pricket, the whole raised on three cabriole legs fixed to a lobed stand; signed on the reverse Myochin. 42cm (16¾in) high. (2).
Provenance:
Property from a Princely Collection.
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MYOCHIN FAMILY
An Unusual Iron Candlestick Modelled with a Design of Shochikubai (Pine, Bamboo and Plum, the 'Three Friends of Winter')
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), mid-/late 19th century
Cast in two separate sections in the form of a cluster of three stylised pine trees growing around a bamboo node, the shallow drip-pan in the form of a five-petalled plum blossom surmounted by a pricket, the whole raised on three cabriole legs fixed to a lobed stand; signed on the reverse Myochin. 42cm (16¾in) high. (2).
Provenance:
Property from a Princely Collection.
