A BLACK-LACQUER MATCHING CANDLESTICK AND TRAY WITH AN OIL DISHMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe candlestick with a cylindrical stem supported on a hemispherical base in the form of a stylised chrysanthemum, lacquered in goldhiramaki-e andnashiji with an exotic long-tailed bird and two butterflies in flight and crowned by a chrysanthemum-shaped finial mounted with a gilt receptacle for holding the oil dish, 48.2cm (19in) high; the lobed rimmed tray similarly lacquered with the same design,6cm x 33cm (2 3/8in x 13in); eachunsigned, apanied by a conventional red-lacquered oil dish, with an inscribed wood storage box. (6).