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Ming Table Lamps

MING STYLE

In what’s considered a golden age of Chinese furniture, Ming dynasty artisans produced expertly made designs that married elegance and function. Ming furniture was versatile, such as tables that doubled as writing desks and dining spaces. But it was also beautiful, enhancing a room with clean lines, soft curves and sophisticated decoration.

Dating from 1368 to 1644, the Ming dynasty was a vibrant time for international trade and culture. Especially for scholars and the wealthy, there was an emphasis on a home’s design to promote a good life. From large wardrobes to angular sofas, Ming-style furniture was defined by its joinery, which, instead of nails, involved meticulously designed interlocking elements of wood. This material was carefully selected and positioned to make the grain part of the design. The slow-growing huanghuali, a yellowish rosewood, was particularly valued for its bright color.

Although ornamentation was minimal, Ming dynasty furniture often featured carved or painted details of flowers, insects, dragons, fruits and other motifs. Chairs crafted for scholars could include calligraphic brush writing. As overseas trade expanded, techniques from the West, like cloisonné enamel painting, adorned table screens and other pieces.

Ming furniture influenced styles abroad such as Queen Anne in England and Hollywood Regency in the United States. The curved shape of Ming armchairs had a profound impact on legendary Scandinavian modernist furniture designer Hans Wegner. The Danish cabinetmaker shared the Ming artisans’ interest in creating streamlined, functional furnishings, and his China chair, Round chair and Wishbone chair are inspired by Ming dynasty seating. Today, the Ming-style horseshoe chair is a graceful and sought-after type of seat, and contemporary Chinese designers such as Jerry Chen and Gan Erke are also drawing on this heritage for a new era of style.

Find a collection of Ming cabinets, decorative objects, lounge chairs and other furniture on 1stDibs.

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Style: Ming
Pair of Antique Chinese Shiwan Ware Pottery Statue Lamps
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Pair of Antique Chinese Shiwan Ware Pottery Statue Lamps
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Ming Table Lamps

Materials

Pottery

Ugo Zaccagnini Ming Style Off White & Cocoa Banded Glazed Pottery Lamp, C. 1960
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Ugo Zaccagnini Handled Pottery Table Lamp with Far Eastern influence. Featuring a textured squat urn form with matte Dark Brown ring handle, dragons and Greek Key designs in relief, ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Ming Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Vintage Asian Blue and White Glazed Ceramic Lamps - a Pair
Located in west palm beach, FL
Fantastic pair of vintage table lamps. Classic blue and white design with Asian characters on a Ming base shape. Rest on wooden plinths. Acquired from a Palm...
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Late 20th Century North American Ming Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

Large Single Gourd Vase Lamp, Olive Glazed, Christopher Spitzmiller
Located in Richmond, London
Christopher Spitzmiller's iconic Large Single Gourd lamp of large proportions, in the style of Chinese Ming dynasty vases. Entirely handmade in Chri...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Ming Table Lamps

Materials

Gold Leaf, Brass

Pair of Asian Style Celadon Glazed Jars As Table Lamps
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Lovely ribbed jars in a soft celadon glaze. With black mounts and bases. Matching celadon ball finials and white fabric shades. H. 30", Diam. 7 1/2", shade ...
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20th Century Ming Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

1960s Chinese Decorative Mahogany Hand Carved Wood Table Lamp
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Hand Carved Mahogany Wood Chinese Table Lamp No shade. Double socket with matching wood finial 30.25 h x 9 w x 5.5 d Unmarked Original vintage unrestored condition. Refer to im...
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1960s Chinese Vintage Ming Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Antique Chinese Carved Wood Buddha Sculpture Lamp
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique Chinese carved wood Buddha sculpture lamp. Later electrified with Lucite base and custom made shade. Additional information: Materia...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Ming Table Lamps

Materials

Lucite

Ming Style Floral Ceramic Table Lamps, a Pair
Located in Bradenton, FL
A pair of Ming style ceramic table lamps. Hand painted with subtle pink peonies, sprigs of crab apple flowers, and pale green and beige leaves on a white background. Crab apple flowe...
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Late 20th Century Ming Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Pair of Large Scale Glazed Pottery Jar Form Table Lamps
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine pair of very large glazed pottery Jar Form Table Lamps mounted on turned wood bases. Large, ceramic, egg shaped table lamps have a white gr...
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20th Century Ming Table Lamps

Materials

Pottery

Huge Zaccagnini Pottery Mid Century Italian Ming Lamp Vintage 1950's Turquoise
Located in Wilton, CT
Huge Zaccagnini pottery square lamp with bands of Ming themed decor, flanges at the corners, and fabulous turquoise glaze, circa 1950's. Approx. 39" high overall, 24" to top of pottery, 11" square. 3 way switch. Glass bulb cover/shade holder. Heavy lamp...
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1950s Italian Vintage Ming Table Lamps

Materials

Pottery

Ming Style Ceramic Table Lamp
Located in Bradenton, FL
A Ming style ceramic table lamp in white. Decorated with hand painted iris and lily flowers with foliage in a golden brown color palette. Stands on a brown wooden base with four Ming...
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Late 20th Century Ming Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

Very Fine Chinese Porcelain Vase Mounted as Table Lamp
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Chinese porcelain vase mounted as a lamp with a round tiered gilt bronze or brass base embossed with berries and leaves. The lamp with cameos and panels of florals and birds that are...
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20th Century Asian Ming Table Lamps

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage Brass Ming Style Table Lamp
Located in Dallas, TX
Vintage brass Ming style table lamp. The lamp is in good vintage condition with visible wear due to age and use. Lampshade in not included, circa 1980...
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Late 20th Century Ming Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Ming Dynasty Iron Arrow Game Vase Lamp
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Sophisticated cast iron lamp made from a Ming Dynasty arrow vase. Arrow vases were originally made as part of a game where players tried to shoot arrows thr...
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16th Century Chinese Antique Ming Table Lamps

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Late 20th Century American Ming Table Lamps

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Monumental Pair of Earthenware Italian Ceramic Lamps by Ugo Zaccagnini
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Dimensions given above are with shade. Sans shade height to top of socket: 27” Diameter of lamp body: 11” Monumental Pair of Earthenware Italian Ceramic Lamps by Ugo Zaccagnini wit...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Ming Table Lamps

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Christopher Spitzmiller Pair of Double Gourd Aurora White Lamps
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Early 2000s American Ming Table Lamps

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Pair of Antique Chinese Porcelain Lamps
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Pair of early 20th Century Chinese porcelain vases custom mounted on lucite bases. Each vase decorated with a perched birds of paradise and colorful vegetation on a brown ground. Wi...
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1920s Chinese Vintage Ming Table Lamps

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Brass

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Chinese Porcelain Celadon Glazed Vase Table Lamp by Marbro
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Splendid Chinese porcelain celadon glazed vase mounted as a table lamp by Marbro Lamp Company. Features a 17 inch high celadon or greenware vase su...
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20th Century American Ming Table Lamps

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Brass

Chinese Longquan Style Celadon Vase
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Large, Chinese Longquan style celadon vase with a stunning lotus leaf pattern underglaze and Greek key detail on the perimeter of t...
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20th Century Chinese Ming Table Lamps

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Porcelain

Chinese Export Blue and White Porcelain Jars Made into Wired Table Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Chinese Export blue and white porcelain jars with hand-painted Pagoda landscape scenes and newly mounted as table lamps on lucite bases. Created in China each of this pair ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Ming Table Lamps

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Brass

Minimalist Bent Wood Table Lamp, 1960s
Located in Vienna, AT
Beautiful bent plywood table or desk lamps with a large acrylic shade by Temde, 1960s. Very clean lines with a sleek silhouette. The 'T-base' is co...
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1960s German Vintage Ming Table Lamps

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Steel

Minimalist Bent Wood Table Lamp, 1960s
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Pair of Christopher Spitzmiller Ceramic Table Lamps
Located in Essex, MA
Bottle form with wood bases. Grayish blue with original shades with matching trim. Two light sockets. Celtic style brass finials. From a previous Bunny Williams project. Label on base.
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Early 2000s Ming Table Lamps

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Famille Rose Ginger Jar Mounted as Lamp
Located in Norwood, NJ
Antique Chinese famille rose porcelain ginger jar mounted as a lamp. Porcelain cover and square wood base. Colorful figures with children and dragon. Orange, pines and greens. Orange...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Ming Table Lamps

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Wood, Porcelain

Celedon Ceramic Asian Table Lamps, a Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful pair of celedon ceramic Asian table lamps. Just add shades of your choice.
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1970s Chinese Vintage Ming Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

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Pair Orange Christopher Spitzmiller Aurora Table Lamps
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of Christopher Spitzmiller table lamps: Aurora ceramic double gourd with 23K water gilt base, brass cap and silk shades
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Pair Christopher Spitzmiller Aubergine Nicholas Table Lamps
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Pair of Christopher Spitzmiller table lamps: Nicholas aubergine ceramic double gourd with 23K water gilt base and brass cap.
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Pair Of Very Fine Asian Painted Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A pair of delicately painted, colorful and very fine Porcelain Table Lamps. Rounded octagonal shapes with tapering bases, decorated overall with panels of different figures riding t...
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Asian Modern Ming Style Porcelain Bronzed Metal Table Lamp by Chapman, 1970's
Located in Rochester, NY
Glamorous Asian Modern Ming style large scale bulbous form high glazed celadon turquoise blue porcelain ceramic table lamp with patinated brass bronzed metal mounts. Original Chapman...
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1970s American Vintage Ming Table Lamps

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Chinese Ming Dynasty Kraak Porcelain Bottle Vase Lamp Deer Cranes
Located in Rochester, NY
Antique Chinese 17th century Ming Dynasty Kraak porcelain blue and white glazed bottle vase decorated w/ deer, cranes, tree, cloud like symbols. Recess...
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17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Table Lamps

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Brass, Bronze

1920s Fine Antique Chinese Rosewood Dragon Table Lamp Pagoda
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration an antique table lamp. Hand carved dragon sculpture in solid rosewood with original pagoda shade. China circa the 1920s....
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1920s Chinese Vintage Ming Table Lamps

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Silk, Rosewood

Large Italian Ming Zaccagnini Pottery Turquoise Crackle Glaze Ring Handle Lamp
Located in Wilton, CT
Large vintage Zaccagnini lamp in mottled turquoise glaze with big faux-iron Ming style ring handles, circa 1950s. New 3-way socket and nylon wiring. 38" overall. Z mark to base. One ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Ming Table Lamps

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Ming Dynasty Cizhou Ware Vase Table Lamp
Located in Kinderhook, NY
Beautiful Chinese Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) Cizhou ware baluster form vase having Ding style white slip glaze with double sgraffito gray celadon design at n...
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17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Table Lamps

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Chinese Ming Dynasty Celadon Porcelain Table Lamps in Shape of Yen Yen Vases
Located in New York, NY
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19th Century Chinese Antique Ming Table Lamps

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Pair of Blanc de Chine Crackle Glaze Table Lamps
Located in Peabody, MA
Elegant pair of Chinese porcelain Tianquiping vases converted to lamps, circa mid-20th century.
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1940s Chinese Vintage Ming Table Lamps

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Pair of Quan Yin Figures Mounted as Lamps
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Carved white stone figures holding flowers and with incised details on the garments. Mounted on cast dark metal bases with bands of elaborate decoration. Twin-light lamps with brass ...
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20th Century Asian Ming Table Lamps

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Stone

Antique Asian Rose Quartz Carved Table Lamp
Located in Toledo, OH
A unique turn of the century Asian rose quartz table lamp. Statue is fixed to a teak wood base which sits atop an embossed, impressed and shaped brass Stand with floral motif. The li...
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Early 20th Century Ming Table Lamps

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Quartz

Ming table lamps for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Ming table lamps for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage table lamps created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include lighting, asian art and furniture and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, brass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Ming table lamps made in a specific country, there are Asia, China, and East Asia pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original table lamps, popular names associated with this style include and Ugo Zaccagnini. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for table lamps differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $575 and tops out at $5,600 while the average work can sell for $1,750.

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