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Ashinaga & Tenaga Candlesticks

Stock No

5881

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2015
  • £1,200.00
  • €1,381 Euro
  • $1,603 US Dollar

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Item Description

A pair of Meiji period Japanese candlesticks modelled as Ashinaga & Tenaga, the mythological fishermen.

Folklore tells the power of co-operation as these two, hailing from different countries, use their physical differences to great effect. Ashinaga, with his long, long legs, carries Tenaga on his shoulders out to sea. When fish are seen swimming around them Ashinaga can bend down and Tenaga is able to reach into the water with his long, long arms and scoop up a catch.

In this pair, their catch baskets are used as the sockets for the candles and they stand on bases of abalone shells, the odd small crab scurrying about.

Made of a tin rich alloy covered in copper and with small amounts of parcel-gilding.

11.75 inches high

 

 

Item Info

Seller

WALPOLES

Seller Location

London, London

Period

19th Century

Item Location

United Kingdom

Seller Location

London, London

Item Location

United Kingdom

Seller Contact No

+44 (0)207 7275263

+44 (0)7831 561042

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