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120 ≈ Edward I. Farmer (1872-1942) was a well-known art dealer in New
York. His galleries at 5 West Fifty-Sixth Street and 16 East Fifty-
A pair of jadeite candlesticks Sixth Street offered a wide variety of Chinese works of art as well as
Late Qing Dynasty, with Edward I. Farmer silver mounts, early 20th European antiques. With an interest and flair for both Eastern and
century Western antiques, he is remembered best as the foremost expert in
Each standing on a domed base and the extremities mounted in silver mounting fine Chinese porcelains and jades into decorative lamps and
depicting foliage and floral scrolls, encasing a carved jadeite ring, a desk accessories, as exemplified by the current lot.
reticulated jadeite parfumier with pierced birds and flower designs
above a ruyi-head pedestal, beneath a wide jadeite shallow saucer Edward I. Farmer (1872-1942) 是紐約一位著名的古董商。他的藝廊位
and a jadeite cup with flaring sides, the stone of an icy white tone 於西56街5號和東56街16號，專門提供各種中國工藝品及歐洲古董。
with striking apple-green streaks, the base inscribed with ‘Edward I. 他對東方和西方古玩有著濃厚的興趣及敏銳的觸覺，他最為人知的專
Farmer, New York’. Each 36cm (14 1/8in) high (2). 長是他的鑲銀技藝，常為中國瓷器和玉器鑲銀邊，改裝成裝飾燈和書
桌配件，例如本拍品的一對翡翠雕燭臺。
HK$500,000 - 600,000
US$64,000 - 77,000
晚清 銀鑲翠玉雕燭台一對
銀屬二十世紀早期Edward I. Farmer
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