Lot 99
East Asia, Japan, Meiji period, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. This is a large and elegant copper alloy lamp cast into a lotus shape on a wooden base that is converted from oil to electric lighting. The wooden base has inward curled feet, painted red with golden highlights on the raised ridge encircling the upper part, and a brass turn button switch. The bulbous lamp is a bowl shape, capped by the lotus petals radiating from the slender fluted stem that flares outward again as another petite flower blossom, opening to support the brass rod that has 2 newer sockets for bulbs that face in opposite directions, each with a pull chain switch; a short rod between them has an opening for a lampshade. Size: 13.5" Diameter x 33.5" H (34.3 cm x 85.1 cm)
Provenance: private Evergreen, Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Denver, Colorado, USA, collection, acquired 1960 to 2000
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#168605
- Condition: One bulb socket flickers on and off, the wiring needs to be adjusted on that side; the other socket functions fine. Base is hand etched with a number 1-89200. Abrasions to copper and some areas of green patina. Scratches and abrasions to wood base. The insulation covering on cord is fraying and chipping off, leaving wires exposed, this needs to be updated. Turn switch on base works and the pull chains on both sockets work.
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