Minneapolis Institute of Art

Candlestick

China

Date

c. 1640

Medium

Porcelain

Department

European Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

The bell-shaped body of this candlestick was among the first Western forms to be reproduced in Chinese porcelain. It corresponds to early 17th century pewter and brass candsticks, which may have been sent to China as a sample, as candlesticks were previously unknown there. Asia

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