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A FINE PAIR OF JAPANESE MEIJI PATINATED BRONZE FIGURAL CANDLESTICKS the plain slender ovoid vase-shaped stems with stylised leaf worktops and frilled serrated edge candle sconces supported by seated monkeys with an engraved finish wearing patinated jackets - each with signed seal marks beneath (30.5cm high)

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A FINE PAIR OF JAPANESE MEIJI PATINATED BRONZE FIGURAL CANDLESTICKS the plain slender ovoid vase-shaped stems with stylised leaf worktops and frilled serrated edge candle sconces supported by seated monkeys with an engraved finish wearing patinated jackets - each with signed seal marks beneath (30.5cm high)

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