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Description: | Pewter candle sticks, urn and vases for a family altar.
Pewter altar vase cast in the form of a rectangular tube tapering to a bulging section, mounted on a pedestal base with stylised cloud-shaped feet. Part of an altar set of five items. Both the base and the interior impressed with two marks: 1. 'Zhang hong fa yuan' (maker's mark), 'originating from Zhang hong fa'. 2. 'dian xi bao yong' (hallmark), 'made of tin alloy'. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | altar vessels pewter Chinese Peoples lead alloy Chinese | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-56305 | Go to resource |
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