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An unusual bronze travelling candlestick The lamp, or candleholder, is constructed out of silvery-looking bronze of high tin content, in three sections: a central column encircled by eight evenly spaced shallow grooves, suggesting bamboo, opening to a cylindrical holder on the top; a broad drip-pan resting on the flared base of the central column, steep flared sides around the broad central field; and smaller drip-pan fitting onto the top of the column, of similar shape. The metal is of lustrous silvery colour, with areas of blue encrustation. During the Tang dynasty most objects constructed out of this high tin bronze, which resembles silver, were for use as part of altar sets, and it is probable that this is the case here also. Numerous pottery models, dating from the Northern Dynasties to the Song dynasty, are extant, the majority being of Tang date and with a sancai glaze. Condition : Good condition Stock No. 683 Price : On Request
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A pair of bronze ritual food vessels and covers (ding) Each vessel is of squat globular form, standing on three stocky legs with hoof-like terminals. The sides are set with a pair of pierced angled handles, flanking the domed cover with three ‘S’-scroll tabs to support it when inverted. The metal is of golden yellow colour patinated with areas of green malachite and red cuprite. Stock No. 472 Price : On Request
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A painted wood model of a tower This extraordinary edifice, the wood equivalent of the more commonly seen glazed pottery watch-towers, has survived the centuries under the dry soil of North China, probably Gansu province. The timber of the upright parts of the tower, and the horizontal 'walls', are painted in a swift sketchy hand with fleshy polychrome scrollwork, while the outer walls are painted with scenes suggesting countryside activities, such as ploughing, The main entrance pierces the outer walls, flanked by guards, and is echoed by a painted entrance on the reverse. The low roof is surmounted by a finial suggesting a stylized bird. Although painted wood animals and figures from the Han and Tang dynasties have been recovered, no painted wood towers appear to have been published. Condition : Some of the original dowels have been replaced. All the painting is original. Stock No. 437 Price : On Request
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