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<p>[QUOTE="sassafras, post: 2489407, member: 6320"]Hi all. Been off the site for awhile, but could use a little help dating my big ole lamp. Leaning towards it being Guangxu, but I'm terrible with dating Chinese pieces.</p><p><br /></p><p>I got it from a recently widowed friend. The lamp belonged to her husband's grandmother. The story I got was that he knocked it over and broke it as a child. Grandma fixed it and eventually had it converted to a lamp. It was given to him when she passed away. It's 27" tall (not including the lamp parts). I'm trying not to take it apart to check for marks, since it has been repaired. It's very stable, but those lamp parts might be what's keeping it that way!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]266799[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]266800[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]266801[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]266802[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]266803[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="sassafras, post: 2489407, member: 6320"]Hi all. Been off the site for awhile, but could use a little help dating my big ole lamp. Leaning towards it being Guangxu, but I'm terrible with dating Chinese pieces. I got it from a recently widowed friend. The lamp belonged to her husband's grandmother. The story I got was that he knocked it over and broke it as a child. Grandma fixed it and eventually had it converted to a lamp. It was given to him when she passed away. It's 27" tall (not including the lamp parts). I'm trying not to take it apart to check for marks, since it has been repaired. It's very stable, but those lamp parts might be what's keeping it that way! [ATTACH=full]266799[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]266800[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]266801[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]266802[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]266803[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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