A rare glazed stoneware candlestick and a rare Steatite Buddhist ritual vessel, Tang Dynasty (618-907), (1) a glazed stoneware candlestick, the base is moulded with a band of lotus petals in high relief around the foot below horizontal concentric rings, covered with a clear crackled glaze of greenish-yellow tone. (2) a Steatite Buddhist ritual vessel,, height 20 cm, height 16.5 cm. Provenance: an important private collection, Ireland, repaired