TIFFANY STUDIOS

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A FAVRILE GLASS AND BRONZE SCARAB LAMP
tiffany studios
The domed circular bronze base with gadrooned edges, continuing to two upward spreading arms supporting an ovoid iridescent green glass shade cast in the form of a beetle, the base stamped TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 6018
9 1/8in. (23.2cm.) high
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Lot Essay

cf. Robert Koch, Louis Comfort Tiffany's Glass, Bronzes, Lamps, 1971, p.29 for an illustration of this model; Janet Zapata, The Jewelry and Enamels of Louis Comfort Tiffany, 1993, for a discussion of the scarab's symbolism in ancient Egypt and its influence on Tiffany's designs.

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