Candlestick shokudai, lotuses, turtles, cranes iconography, Japanese art, Meiji 1868–1912, animals, 2nd half of the 19th century, Japan, candlestick, height 37.0 cm, A metallic object shaped like a stylized flowering vine floats against a pale gray background, showing a curled petal-like form at one end in a warm golden color with darker brownish accents and a thin pointed projection, while the stem and branching elements display darker bronze and black tones with small rounded leaf-like shapes and a few lighter golden highlights.
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Candlestick shokudai, lotuses, turtles, cranes iconography, Japanese art, Meiji 1868–1912, animals, 2nd half of the 19th century, Japan, candlestick, height 37.0 cm, A metallic object shaped like a stylized flowering vine floats against a pale gray background, showing a curled petal-like form at one end in a warm golden color with darker brownish accents and a thin pointed projection, while the stem and branching elements display darker bronze and black tones with small rounded leaf-like shapes and a few lighter golden highlights.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A22_434

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Candlestick shokudai lotuses turtles cranes iconography Japanese art Meiji 1868–1912 animals 2nd half 19th century Japan candlestick height 37.0 cm metallic object shaped stylized flowering vine floats pale gray background showing curled petal- form warm golden color darker brownish accents thin pointed projection stem branching elements display darker bronze black tones small rounded leaf- shapes lighter golden highlights.

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