AN AMBER-GLAZED CANDLESTICKTang Dynasty The vessel fitted with a cylindrical candle holder centring a circular drip pan raised on a ribbed stem rising from a larger drip pan, all raised on a spreading foot and covered overall with a rich amber glaze. 34cm (13 3/8in) high. 唐 褐釉燭台 The result of Oxford thermolumniscence test no.C199j17, dated 6 April 1999, is consistent with the dating of this lot. Oxford Authentication Ltd公司熱釋光檢測結果（1999年4月6日，編號C199j17）顯示年代與本拍品年代一致。 pare with a related straw-glazed candlestick, Tang dynasty, illustrated by H.Tseng and R.P.Dart, The Charles B. Hoyt Collection , Boston, 1964, pl.62. See also a similarly-shaped sancai -glazed candlestick, Tang dynasty, illustrated by W.Watson, Tang and Liao Ceramics , London, 1984, p.72, fig.42. A related sancai -glazed candlestick, Tang dynasty, was sold at Christie's New York, 20 September 2005, lot 194.