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499 TIFFANY CHANDELIER: "CRIMSON BOUQUET" LEADED GLASS AND BRONZE CHANDELIER circa 1910, Four Seasons design with unfolding buds and blossoms in crimson changing into pink opalescent and amber on the verso against a background of mottled green, blue, and rippled amber green glass above a beaded rim and with beaded edge at top of cone.  Signed "Tiffany Studios New York", minor flake loss to exterior of one tile and a few tiles (approximate 10) with hairlines.  Includes 98 inches of bronze chain. Sockets and mounting hardware absent.  Diameter 28.5".  Estimate $80,000-$120,000  Reference: THE LAMPS OF TIFFANY by Dr. Egon Neustadt, 1970, Fair Field Press, page 118, plate 169. And for a similar lamp, CHRISTIE'S NEW YORK, Important 20th century Decorative Arts, June 12, 2003, Lot 143.