A BRONZE CANDLE HOLDER Tang Dynasty (2)A BRONZE CANDLE HOLDERTang DynastyIn two sections, the lower drip pan with gently everted rim rising from a bell-shaped base surmounted by a waisted shaft, the upper section with small drip-pan surmounted by a wide cylindrical mouth. 30cm (11 3/4in) high. (2).Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價唐 銅燭臺Provenance: acquired from John Sparks Ltd., London, 1970s (by repute)來源：傳從John Sparks Ltd.處獲得，倫敦，1970年代Bronze examples of Tang dynasty candle holders are rare. However, related examples can be found in pottery. See for example, 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.