Caption

Candlestick, early 20th century, Korea; candlestick on a round base transitioning into a two-baluster shaft terminating in a flat, round sleeve with a smaller one in the shape of a multi-petaled flower bud placed in the center; ornament: butterflies and flowers; pair this is from a pair; height 39.7 cm., A tall, slender metallic object with a flared, round base and a long, gently curving stem rising to a small shallow dish and a flower-shaped cup, shown against a plain light gray background; the object is a brass tone with visible darker spots and subtle engraved decorative patterns on the base, and a thin vertical rod extends upward from the side with a few horizontal supports and an attached decorative element at the top that is brass colored with slightly darker accents.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A29_205

License type

Rights managed

Available size

68.7Mb (780.7Kb) / 13.3in x 20.0in / 4000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Candlestick early 20th century Korea candlestick round base transitioning two-baluster shaft terminating flat round sleeve smaller shape multi-petaled flower bud placed center ornament butterflies flowers pair height 39.7 cm tall slender metallic object flared round base long gently curving stem rising small shallow dish flower-shaped cup shown plain light gray background object brass tone visible darker spots subtle engraved decorative patterns base thin vertical rod extends upward side horizontal supports attached decorative element top brass colored slightly darker accents.