Candlesticks
ClassificationsFurnishings-Lighting-candleholders-candlesticks
Culture
Han
Datec. 1933
Made AtShanghai Municipality, China, Asia
MediumBronze
Dimensions20 1/2 × 6 1/4 × 6 1/4 in. (52.1 × 15.9 × 15.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Yinette Yu Chang in memory of her sister, Doretta Lee Y. Nero, Bowers Museum docent
Object number2013.23.2a,b
DescriptionThese candlesticks cast from bronze were given to the donor’s parents as a thank you gift. As the donor recalls, her father, Fisher Y. C. Yu, was connected with the Bank of China in Shanghai. He was instrumental in getting two bronze lions cast for the front of the bank and as a thank you the bank had the candlesticks made along with an incense burner / clock and gifted them to the parents. Though they take the shape of traditional altar pieces, these items were created as decorative pieces and never meant to be used in the context of religion or worship. The concept for the gift (clock and candlestick holders) is said to be the idea of donor’s mother, Dorothy W. Yu. The clock is marked with the numbers 23532, which the donor speculates may relate to the date of manufacture May 23, 1932, a date before her family left Shanghai for the British Concession due to the war with Japan.On View
Not on view
late 19th Century
1532-1554
late 17th to 18th Century
late 17th to 18th Century
