A pair of Chinese altar pricket gilt bronze and cloisonné candlesticks, each supported on a bell-shaped base, decorated with flowers and foliage on turquoise ground, stem, lower and upper drip pans further embellished with flowers, foliage and ruyi border. Edges and foot rim with gilt á la grecque designed borders. Qianlong 1736–1795. H. 48 cm. (2). Provenance: Old Danish private collection. According to information from the Swedish city architect Salomon Sörensen, 1856–1937. Salomon Sörensen was Malmø's architect in the years 1893–1924. He collected Chinese and Japanese art most of his life. However it has not been possible to verify.