Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 11

Tall Antique Korean "Longevity" Brass Candlestick, circa 1900

About the Item

A tall and elegant antique Korean candlestick, circa 1900. The body crafted in two parts, and featuring circular brass reflector with a charming design of butterflies and magnolia blossoms. The body of the candlestick with a rotating plaque with the Chinese character "shou", for longevity. The circular tray with beautiful engraved design of scrolling clouds and flowers. The top of the candlestick curved and hooked, presumably to hang the snuffer which is no longer present.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 34.5 in (87.63 cm)Width: 11 in (27.94 cm)Depth: 11 in (27.94 cm)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Brass,Cast,Etched
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    circa 1900
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use. Minor fading. The brass with a wonderful, unpolished patina.
  • Seller Location:
    Austin, TX
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU894717564781
More From This SellerView All
  • Korean Bronze Bottle Vase, Goryeo Dynasty, 11th/12th Century, Korea
    Located in Austin, TX
    An attractive Korean Goryeo Dynasty bronze bottle vase with traces of gilding, 11th - 12th century, Korea. The vase of typical form, with a short recessed foot supporting a pear s...
    Category

    Antique 15th Century and Earlier Korean Metalwork

    Materials

    Bronze

  • Pair Chinese Cloisonne Tapir Candlesticks, Qing Dynasty, circa 1900, China
    Located in Austin, TX
    A delightful pair of Chinese cloisonne candlesticks in the form of tapirs, Late Qing Dynasty, circa 1900, China. The charming pair of candlesticks each crafted as a tapir seated upo...
    Category

    Antique Early 1900s Chinese Qing Candlesticks

    Materials

    Copper, Enamel

  • Japanese Cast Bronze "Longevity" Mirror, Edo Period, 18th Century, Japan
    Located in Austin, TX
    A heavy and finely cast Japanese bronze mirror with longevity symbols, Edo Period, 18th century, Japan. The small, round mirror with high walls...
    Category

    Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Metalwork

    Materials

    Bronze

  • Pair of Korean Goryeo Dynasty Bronze Pedestal Bowls, 13th-15th Century, Korea
    Located in Austin, TX
    An exquisite pair of Korean bronze pedestal offering bowls, Goryeo Dynasty, 13th-15th century, Korea. The Goryeo bronze bowls of generous proportions, with high sides and an ever so slightly everted rim. The bowls are supported on a pedestal base with a tall stem and wide, splayed ring foot. The bowls plain, save for a single engraved line circumscribing the splayed foot. The bowls with an amazingly rich and complex patina of mottled reddish browns from cuprite and dark greens from malachite. The bronze heavily cleaned to the European taste, removing most of the encrustations. Some areas of the bowls with rougher areas where the accretions could not be removed. Crafted in two parts in the spun bronze technique, then joined. The bowls are unusually thin for bronze, with the lathe lines still visible to the undersides. An unusual form and size for Goryeo period bronze utensils...
    Category

    Antique 15th Century and Earlier Korean Metalwork

    Materials

    Bronze

  • Japanese Cloisonne Box by Inaba, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan
    By Inaba Cloisonne Co.
    Located in Austin, TX
    A fine Japanese cloisonne hinged box with pheasant and autumn foliage, by Inaba Nanaho and the Inaba Cloisonne Company, Meiji period, circa 1900, Japan. The lovely jewelry or trin...
    Category

    Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Metalwork

    Materials

    Copper, Enamel, Metal

  • Chinese Canton Enamel Round Stacking Boxes and Cover, circa 1900, China
    Located in Austin, TX
    An absolutely lovely Chinese export pink Canton enamel round stacking box and cover, late Qing Dynasty, circa 1900, China. The circular stacking box consists of a bowl form base, ...
    Category

    Antique Early 1900s Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes

    Materials

    Enamel, Copper

You May Also Like
  • Pair of Japanese Brass Candlesticks
    Located in Stamford, CT
    A fine pair of small beautifully made Japanese brass candlesticks with delicate silhouettes. The four curving legs on a round base supporti...
    Category

    Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork

    Materials

    Brass

  • Pair of Georgian Brass Candlesticks
    Located in North Hollywood, CA
    A very nice pair of George III neoclassical style brass candlesticks with square bases and columnar shafts supporting urn form candle cups. The candlestick are in form of columns, th...
    Category

    Antique Early 19th Century British Georgian Candlesticks

    Materials

    Brass

  • Pair of Large Chinese Polished Brass Candlesticks
    Located in North Hollywood, CA
    Pair of large vintage Mid-Century Chinoiserie polished gold brass candlesticks with removable Chinese fu dogs on top. Cast brass candle holders.
    Category

    20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Metalwork

    Materials

    Brass

  • Nelson Rockefeller Collection Asian Inspired Brass Candlesticks
    By Mottahedeh
    Located in Atlanta, GA
    Asian Inspired Brass Candlesticks or Prickets, from The Nelson Rockefeller Collection, and produced by Mottahedeh, India, circa 1970s. In the 1970s ...
    Category

    Vintage 1970s Indian Chinoiserie Candlesticks

    Materials

    Metal, Brass

  • Pair of Antique Japanese Bronze Candlesticks with Coiled Dragons
    Located in Philadelphia, PA
    A fine pair of antique Japanese bronze candlesticks. Each decorated with an applied, coiled dragon to its elongated thin neck below an e...
    Category

    Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork

    Materials

    Bronze

  • Chinese Bronze Dragons Candlesticks Imperial Style
    Located in North Hollywood, CA
    Very decorative Chinese contemporary large bronze "Dragons" candlesticks; with relief design of dragons chasing pearls. With a straight foot supporting a bell-shaped base surmounted...
    Category

    Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Metalwork

    Materials

    Bronze

Recently Viewed

View All