Candlestick shokudai, maker: Takimoto, Iwami; craftsman. Japanese art; Japanese culture. Decorated with lotuses and leaves. Meiji period 1868–1912, 2nd half of the 19th century. Japan. Candlestick, height 44.0 cm. Provenance unknown., A tall, slender metal object shaped like a stem with a flower at the top and a rounded, petal-like base; the surface shows sculpted buds and leaves along the stem and a pointed spike rising from the center of the top flower. The colors visible are dark brown with bronze tones and subtle highlights of lighter brown and black.
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Candlestick shokudai, maker: Takimoto, Iwami; craftsman. Japanese art; Japanese culture. Decorated with lotuses and leaves. Meiji period 1868–1912, 2nd half of the 19th century. Japan. Candlestick, height 44.0 cm. Provenance unknown., A tall, slender metal object shaped like a stem with a flower at the top and a rounded, petal-like base; the surface shows sculpted buds and leaves along the stem and a pointed spike rising from the center of the top flower. The colors visible are dark brown with bronze tones and subtle highlights of lighter brown and black.

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Candlestick shokudai maker Takimoto Iwami craftsman Japanese art Japanese culture Decorated lotuses leaves Meiji period 1868–1912 2nd half 19th century Japan Candlestick height 44.0 cm Provenance unknown tall slender metal object shaped stem flower top rounded petal- base surface sculpted buds pointed spike rising center top flower colors visible dark brown bronze tones subtle highlights lighter brown black.

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