Candlestick shokudai, lotuses, turtles, cranes iconography, Japanese art, Japanese, Meiji 1868–1912, animals, 2nd half of the 19th century, Japan, candlestick, height 37.0 cm, A metallic sculpture showing a standing bird with a curved neck and textured wings perched on the back of a turtle, the bird supported by a slender vine-like stem that rises to a flower-shaped cup at the top; the piece displays metallic tones of bronze and gold with darker brown and black areas, and sits on a pale gray background with a subtle reflection beneath it.
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Candlestick shokudai, lotuses, turtles, cranes iconography, Japanese art, Japanese, Meiji 1868–1912, animals, 2nd half of the 19th century, Japan, candlestick, height 37.0 cm, A metallic sculpture showing a standing bird with a curved neck and textured wings perched on the back of a turtle, the bird supported by a slender vine-like stem that rises to a flower-shaped cup at the top; the piece displays metallic tones of bronze and gold with darker brown and black areas, and sits on a pale gray background with a subtle reflection beneath it.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A22_428

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77.2Mb (624.6Kb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Candlestick shokudai lotuses turtles cranes iconography Japanese art Japanese Meiji 1868–1912 animals 2nd half 19th century Japan candlestick height 37.0 cm metallic sculpture showing standing bird curved neck textured wings perched back turtle bird supported slender vine- stem rises flower-shaped cup top piece displays metallic tones bronze gold darker brown black areas sits pale gray background subtle reflection beneath .

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