A pair of cast bronze duck-form candle prickets


17th centuryThe waterfowl solidly cast with elaborate plumage, each clutching in its beak a lotus root sprouting leaves and a large lotus blossom forming the drip pan, and standing on a rocky promontory surrounded at the base by a complex border of waves, aquatic creatures and additional lotus plants (old repairs). 17 1/4 and 17 1/2in (44 and 44.5cm) high