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THE PROPERTY OF A NEW YORK COLLECTOR

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A JADE AND AGATE TABLE LAMP
EDWARD I. FARMER STAMPED MARK, NEW YORK, CIRCA EARLY 20TH
CENTURY

The lamp is composed of 18th and 19th century elements including a
pierced and carved white jade incense holder that rises to a greenish-
white jadeite bobeche from the center of a white jade cup stand set
into a gilt-metal base raised on four agate bead feet. The shade is an
inverted, dark green jade bowl with gilt-metal rim surmounted by a
pierced white jade plaque and an agate fgure of Guanyin that forms
the fnial.
17¬ in. (44.8 cm.) high

$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE:

Sotheby’s New York, 21-22 September 2005, lot 236.

Edward I. Farmer (1872-1942) was a well-known New York dealer with
galleries at both 5 West 56th Street and 16 East 56th Street where he
offered Chinese works of art, as well as European antiques. He is best
remembered for the decorative lamps and desk accessories which he had
fashioned from various Chinese jades and porcelains.

二十世紀初 紐約 Edward Farmer 作 玉及瑪瑙桌燈座

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION

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A PAIR OF LARGE MOTTLED GREEN JADE BOWLS

LATE QING DYNASTY

Each bowl is thinly carved with deep, rounded sides that fare towards

the rim from the narrow ring foot. The mottled stone is semi-

translucent.

9º in. (23.5 cm.) diam. (2)

$8,000-12,000

PROVENANCE:

Ashkenazie & Co., San Francisco, 1984.

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