Caption

Candlestick shokudai, ; materials not specified; decorated with lotuses, turtles, cranes and depictions of a genius; Japanese, Meiji period 1868–1912, 2nd half of the 19th century; Japan; candlestick; height 37.0 cm, A metallic sculpture of a bird standing on a turtle, with the bird rendered in a gold and dark brown metal finish and the turtle in a darker brown metal; the bird has long slender legs, a curved neck, detailed feather textures on its body and a cluster of elongated tail feathers, and it supports a winding vine-like stem that rises upward to end in a flower-shaped cup with a gold tone; the turtle has a domed, segmented shell, short legs, a visible head and tail, and both figures cast faint reflections on a smooth gray surface with a plain light gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A22_430

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (599.5Kb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Candlestick shokudai materials specified decorated lotuses turtles cranes depictions genius Japanese Meiji period 1868–1912 2nd half 19th century Japan candlestick height 37.0 cm metallic sculpture bird standing turtle bird rendered gold dark brown metal finish darker brown metal bird long slender legs curved neck detailed feather textures body cluster elongated tail feathers supports winding vine- stem rises upward flower-shaped cup gold tone domed segmented shell short legs visible head tail figures cast faint reflections smooth gray surface plain light gray background.