2 Altar Candlesticks

Object Name: 
2 Altar Candlesticks

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Object Name: 
2 Altar Candlesticks
Place Made: 
Accession Number: 
86.6.2
Dimensions: 
Average H: 24 cm, Diam: 12.4 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1736-1795
Primary Description: 
Translucent white and transparent dark blue non-lead glasses; blown, overlay, carved, assembled. Assembled shape, of several segments of blue overlay on colorless, cameo carved; with thin, pointed, gilt metal pricket on top, with disk base; attached to a small, shallow drip pan with everted sides and flat base, the exterior blue overlay cameo carved in a series of foliate scrolls and stylized flowers; mounted on a short, blue, turned segment with bulbous knops; on a tall, slender shaft with carved lappet border at the top, and foliate scrolls and stylized flowers (different flower shapes: circular); blue rim at the base; mounted on a large drip pan of shallow, circular shape with everted rim and flat base; blue rim and base; band of relief-carved foliate scrolls and flowers on the sides, with carved stylized leaves at the bottom; incised ring on the underside; mounted on a ball knop, with blue bands at the top and bottom, and relief-carved flowers and foliate scrolls on the side; mounted on a bell-shaped foot, like an inverted tea bowl; terraced blue top with a band of carved jui lappets, a wide band with flowers and foliate scrolls; narrow rounded band near the rim, with a narrow band of scrolls and flowers; blue band at the rim; incised four-character reign marks of the Ch'ien Lung emperor on the molded blue bands at the tops of the bell-shaped feet; circular paper label on the inside of the feet, printed black on white "MICHAEL B. WEISBROD INC.NEW YORK." and inscribed in black ink in the center "177"; foot rim ground flat.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Weisbrod, Michael B., Source
1986-03-04
Material: 
Inscription: 
177
inscription
center
MICHAEL B. WEISBROD INC.NEW YORK
label
inside of feet circular paper label printed black on white
Clear as Crystal, Red as Flame: Later Chinese Glass
Venue(s)
China House Gallery 1990-04-19 through 1990-06-17
Curated by Claudia Brown and Donald Robiner
Clear as Crystal, Red as Flame: Later Chinese Glass (1990) illustrated, pp. 86-87 (#52); BIB# 33493
Recent Important Acquisitions, 29 (1987) illustrated, p. 117, #14; BIB# AI19055
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1986 (1987) illustrated, pp. 6, 16-17; BIB# AI96383