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Thu, Sep 23, 2021 09:00AM EDT
Lot 241

Pair Japanese Kutani Style Phoenix Candlesticks

Estimate: $200 - $400

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

probably 20th century, each in the form of a peacock surmounted by an urn form candle cup, multicolored enamel decoration with gilt highlights, with impressed character mark to tail undersides, each approximately 7-1/2 x 7-1/4 x 3-1/4 in.

Provenance: Collection of General Sam S. Walker and Charlotte B. Walker, Pinehurst, North Carolina

Condition

surface dirt and accretion, glaze crazing throughout, some losses to gilding; one with chip and loss to foot/claw; one with break and repair to one wing tip