Candlestick

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Candlestick by Unidentified Artist. The object is a white jade candlestick. The base is square with rounded corners and a recessed area around the bottom. There are three rounded ridges around the base. The stem is long and thin with a ridge in the middle. The top is a short cylinder with vertical lines on the side and a square lip. The background is gray with a shadow on the right.