There will be no through route in the Gardens on Saturday 19 April, and the Gardens are open on Saturday to Spring Fair ticket holders only. Museum visitors need to enter and exit via London Road.
Porcelain candlestick with cup-shaped dripping tray and a tube rising from its centre, supported on a bell-shaped base with unglazed foot rim. Decorated in red glaze enamel with stylised coral motifs on the exterior of the dripping tray and tube. Ruyi heads decorate the rim and two dragons chasing a flaming pearl appear on the base, above which sea waves are painted in green and yellow enamel. Rolled yellow paper is inserted into the tube.
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