A Black-lacquer matching candlestick and tray with an oil dish
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe candlestick with a cylindrical stem supported on a hemispherical base in the form of a stylized chrysanthemum flower lacquered in gold hiramaki-e and nashiji with an exotic long-tailed bird and two butterflies in flight and crowned by a chrysanthemum-shaped finial mounted with a gilt receptacle for holding the oil dish, 48.2cm (19in) high; the lobed rimmed tray similarly lacquered with the same design, 6cm x 33cm (2 3/8in x 13in); each unsigned, accompanied by a conventional red-lacquered oil dish, with an inscribed wood storage box. (6).