Kangxi Lamps
Large Powder Blue and Gilt Kangxi Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Large powder blue and gilt Kangxi lamp Large Kangxi style vase previously drilled and with custom
Category
Antique 18th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Kangxi Style Powder Blue Vase Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Kangxi style powder blue vase lamp. Rich powder blue vase drilled for electric with vintage Chinese
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blue and White Kangxi Style Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
A fine Chinese blue and white vase, decorated in the Kangxi style, with ducks swimming in a watery
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Large Chinese Kangxi Blue and White Lamps
Located in London, GB
in the Kangxi manner, now mounted as lamps with hand gilded turned bases.
Height of vases: 24 1/4 in
Category
20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Large Blue-Glazed French Porcelain Table Lamp
Located in Miami, FL
French porcelain table lamp with floral motif on blue-glaze circa 1920. This beautiful lamp is
Category
20th Century French Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Chinese 18th Century Qianlong Ormolu Mounted Lamps
Located in Newark, England
Porcelain Lamps with French Mounted Ormolu. The Lamps beautifully hand painted in famille rose colours with
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Antique Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Table Lamps
Materials
Jade, Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of 18/19th Century Chinese Powder Blue Lamps
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
This pair of 18th/19th Century Chinese Blue lamps is a beautiful and elegant example of Chinese
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Chinese Blue and White Lotus Flower Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
A very fine pair of large Chinese blue and white baluster vases, decorated throughout in the Kangxi
Category
20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Blue and White Dragon Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
A fine pair of large Chinese blue and white baluster vases, decorated in the Kangxi style, with
Category
20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Imari Porcelain Vases mounted as Lamps
Located in Kittery Point, ME
finely potted. The first Chinese Imari was produced at the end of the reign of the Chinese emperor Kangxi
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Large Pair of 20th Century Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
A fine pair of Chinese blue and white baluster vases, decorated in the Kangxi taste in tones of
Category
20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Blue and White Temple Jar Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
A fine pair of blue and white temple vases, decorated throughout in the Kangxi manner with stylised
Category
20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Antique 19c Chinese Blue & White Prunus Blossom Vase Table Lamps Early 20c
Located in Richmond, CA
with sprays of prunus blossoms in reserve on cobalt blue ground, drilled four character Kangxi makers
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Famile Verte and Coral Tall Table Lamps
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a gorgeous pair of Chinese Famile verte and coral tall table lamps.
Mid 20th century
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Green Porcelain 19th Century French Samson of Paris Antique Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
A fine 19th century French Samson of Paris vase decorated in the Kangxi style, finely painted
Category
Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
H 16.15 in W 5.52 in D 5.52 in
Large Pair of 20th Century Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
A fine pair of Chinese blue and white baluster vases, decorated in the Kangxi style in tones of
Category
20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage French Ceramic Chinoiserie Gold Green Lotus Flower and Jade Table Lamp
By Carole Stupell, Faïenceries et Emaux de Longwy, Frederick Cooper, Chapman Manufacturing Company
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Tall vintage French ceramic Chinoiserie table lamp
Design in the manner of: Frederich Cooper
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
H 31.1 in W 11.8 in D 11 in
Large Pair of 20th Century Chinese Blue and White Baluster Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
A fine pair of large Chinese blue and white Kangxi style baluster vases, beautifully painted with
Category
20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Kangxi Period Imari Wall Lamp with Flowers Chinese China Porcelain
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A kangxi Imari plate made into a lamp by my brother who is a technician.
Condition:
Dish has a
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Kangxi Apple Green Crackle Glaze Baluster Vase/Lamp, China, Early 18th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Rare Kangxi Dynasty (1654-1722) apple green over white crackle glazed baluster shaped ceramic vase
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Rare Porcelain Lamp Mount, in Bronze Frames Charles X, Paris, Early 19th Century
Located in Walkertshofen, BY
This extremely rare lamp consists of Kangxi porcelain panels with an Charles X gilt bronze frame
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Charles X Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
H 31.5 in Dm 14.18 in
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Italian Silver Gilt Urns Converted into Small Lamps Hand Made Shades With Silver
Located in Buchanan, MI
Very nice 18th century Italian urns converted into lamps with custon parchment shades, silver leaf. These would be charming sconces on wall brackets.
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Table Lamps
Materials
Silver, Vermeil
Rare Antique Kangxi 1662–1722 Chinese Porcelain Plate Galloping Horses
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely and rare thinly potted antique Chinese porcelain plate, fully decorated. 5 galloping horses, 1 in the centre, 4 in the border. The border also has 4 endless waves.
Handcraf...
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Antique Early 18th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Chinese Export Porcelain Vases and Covers, c. 1775
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine pair of Chinese Export porcelain vases and covers. Dating from the third quarter of the 1700s, and originating in the Jingdezhen region of China, near the important China Trad...
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Antique Late 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blue and White Circular Bowl, 16th-17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Chinese circular bowl beautifully painted in a brilliant enamel blue.
The outside is decorated with different scenes, including animals and flowers. The inside bottom is painted wi...
Category
Antique 17th Century Chinese Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
1920's Italian Antique Art Deco Murano Crystal Fruit & Petal Lamp Shade
By Vintage Murano Gallery
Located in Opa Locka, FL
1920's Italian Art Deco Murano Crystal Fruit "LAMP SHADE ONLY" . If you are looking for one of these large detailed shades this is one. Metal & Crystal mesh frame.
Category
Vintage 1920s Italian Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Art Glass
Chinese Yongzheng Mark Large Famille Noir Rouleau Porcelain Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A large and impressive Chinese famille noir porcelain vase hand painted with decorative panels with birds, animals and scholars objects dating from the early to mid-20th century. The...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Blue and White Kangxi Period Porcelain Covered Vase
Located in New York, NY
A Large 18th Century Chinese Blue and White Kangxi Period Porcelain Covered Vase/Jar. Of baluster form this covered vase is truly exceptional in quality, condition and size. The body...
Category
Antique 1720s Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 19th Century Sevres Porcelain Vases
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of 19th century 'Sevres' porcelain hand-painted classical vases, depicting romantic scenes to the panels, set in a dark blue background with gilded decoration and...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Minton Porcelain Plate, Sea Shells by W. Mussill, Victorian, 1891
By Minton
Located in London, GB
This is a rare and beautiful plate made by Minton in 1891 and painted by the famous porcelain artist Wenceslas (William) Mussill. The plate has an aquatic scene with sea shells in th...
Category
Antique 1890s English Victorian Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Kangxi Period Chinese Dish or Plate Porcelain Blue & White Chenghua Mark Ca 1680
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very beautifully hand painted Chinese porcelain blue and white Dish or Plate from the Qing, Kangxi period ( 1662-1722), dating to Circa 1680 or slightly earlier
This is ...
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Imari Bowl with Wood Stand, Qing Kangxi, Circa 1700
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful Chinese Export porcelain footed Bowl with fine Imari hand painted decoration, dating to the Qing, Kangxi period, circa 1700. The bowl comes with a Chinese hardwoo...
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain Plate Hand Painted with Immortals Circa 1820
Located in Katonah, NY
Made in the early 19th century, circa 1820, this Famille Rose plate is handpainted with eight Daoist Immortals, some riding fabulous mythical beasts. The border is further decorated ...
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Export Porcelain Bowl with Chinese Domestic Furniture
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Famille Rose porcelain bowl with Chinese "Antiques" & Scholar's items on Furniture,
Qianlong Period,
circa 1735-1740.
The Chinese Export porcelain bowl is finely ...
Category
Antique 1730s Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 19th Century Sèvres Style Porcelain Vases
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of French 'Sèvres' style porcelain lidded vases. Each having female figures with cherubs flying around them. The panels set in dark blue ground with gilded highli...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain Bowl Hand Painted Famille Rose, Qing Qianlong circa 1760
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a finely hand painted Chinese porcelain bowl from the 18th century, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, 1736-1795.
The bowl is beautifully decorated with two panels of figure s...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
French 19th Century Napoleon III Sévres Style Porcelain and Ormolu Mounted Urn
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th Century Napoleon III Sévres Style Porcelain and Ormolu Mounted Covered Urn, the 360 degree painted urn centered with an 18th century scene of a young Princess...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Porcelain
Materials
Ormolu
H 34.75 in W 14.5 in D 12.5 in
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Pair of Chinese Porcelain Famille Rose Vases/ Lamps, 19th Century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
colours' was introduced during the reign of Kangxi (1654���1722), possibly around 1720. It used mainly
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Fine Kangxi Porcelain Vase as a Lamp
Located in London, GB
A fine Kangxi porcelain vase in a blue and white glaze, decorated with tropical flora, now
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Kangxi Blue and White Vase and Lamp
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality Kangxi period (1662-1722) Chinese blue and white vase (not drilled) having scrolling
Category
Antique 18th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Imari Pottery Kangxi Jar Designer Lamps, a Pair
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique Chinese Imari Pottery Kangxi Jar designer lamps - a Pair.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Famille Noire Verte Chinese Porcelain Vase Lamp Kangxi Mark
Located in Wilton, CT
Antique Chinese porcelain Famille Noire vase turned into lamp, 19th century. Graceful Yen Yen form
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Blue and White Vase Lamp in the Kangxi Taste
Located in London, GB
stylised flowers and foliage. Now mounted upon a turned giltwood base as a lamp.
Height dimensions refer
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Pair of Old Chinese Porcelain Famille Verte Noire Kangxi Vases
Located in Wilton, CT
Good quality large matched pair of antique Chinese rouleau vases in Kangxi style famille noire
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Ceramic Chinoiserie Lamps Famille Jaune and Famille Verte Table Lamps
By Maison Charles, Carole Stupell, Meissen Porcelain, Chapman Manufacturing Company
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
of the Chinese Emperor Kangxi
Technique: handcrafted and painted
Color: Famille Jaune vase lamps with
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Mid-20th Century Asian Qing Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Fabric
H 29.5 in W 15.7 in D 15.7 in
A red mercury glass Chinoiserie table lamp
Located in NYC, NY
A unique red glass in a traditional Chinese GU-form vase of the Kangxi period, c 1700. Typical
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Vintage 1940s American Table Lamps
Materials
Wood
Pair of Ormolu-Mounted Blue-and-White Porcelain Lamps
Located in London, GB
A FINE PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN LAMPS, THE PORCELAIN KANGXI PERIOD, THE
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Antique 19th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of 18th Century Delft Vases as Lamps
Located in London, GB
Kangxi model. Now mounted on giltwood bases.
Currently wired for the UK.
Please note: Lampshades
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Antique Late 18th Century Dutch Table Lamps
Materials
Delft
Pair of 18th Century Delft Vases as Lamps
Located in London, GB
Kangxi model. Now mounted on giltwood bases.
Currently wired for the UK.
Please note: Lampshades
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Antique Late 18th Century Dutch Table Lamps
Materials
Delft
Small Scale 19th Century Blue and White Porcelain Vase Lamp
Located in London, GB
blossoms in the Kangxi manner. Now mounted as a table lamp.
Dimensions refer to porcelain vase only
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Important Pair of blue & white Delft Knobble Vases as Lamps
Located in London, GB
blue and white and heavily inspired by Chinese export Kangxi period porcelain. Now mounted as lamps
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Dutch Table Lamps
Pair of Red “Sang de Boeuf” Porcelain Lamps, 1950s
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of red Langyao hong sang de boeuf (*oxblood) porcelain lamps, baluster shaped with chiselled
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Vintage 1950s European Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
A rare pair of 17th century delft vases as lamps
Located in London, GB
incorporated into Kangxi porcelain of the same period.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Dutch Islamic Table Lamps
Chinese Qing Dynasty Yen-Yen Dragon Vase Table Lamps in Sky-Blue
Located in New York, NY
-clawed dragons in the Kangxi manner, writhing and coiling in fields of white peonies between stylized
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Lamps in Red Sang-de-bœuf Porcelain, circa 1880
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
under the Kangxi era (1662-1722) but can be also employed to describe later objects as our pair of lamps.
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Antique 1880s European Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Large Chinese Kangxi Porcelain Vase
Located in London, GB
A large Chinese Kangxi porcelain vase decorated with flowers, foliage and exotic birds in shades of
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Antique 1720s Chinese Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Kangxi Period 1662-1722 Chinese Fish Powder Blue Ground Iron Red Gilt Lamp Vase
By Asprey International Limited
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this exceptionally rare Kangxi period circa 1662-1722 Chinese
Category
Antique 17th Century Chinese Other Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
H 18.12 in W 4.53 in D 4.53 in
19th Century Famille Verte Vase
Located in London, GB
A mid-19th century Famille Verte vase, in the Kangxi manner, the body of faceted form and having
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Antique 1850s Chinese Vases
Kangxi Ginger Jar Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Powder blue and gilt ginger jar now mounted as a lamp, Kangxi period, circa 1662–1722. Newly
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Antique Early 18th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Chinese Blue and White Kangxi Style Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
A fine Chinese blue and white vase, decorated in the Kangxi style, with ducks swimming in a watery
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Qing Dynasty Blue and White Jar Vase Table Lamp
Located in Kinderhook, NY
underglaze blue figural, foliate, geometric, and panel designs in Kangxi-style now with removable giltwood
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Large Pair of 20th Century Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
A fine pair of large Chinese blue and white vases decorated throughout in the Kangxi style, with
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20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Large Pair of 20th Century Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
A fine pair of large Chinese blue and white Kangxi style baluster vases, beautifully painted with
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20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Porcelain Kangxi 18th Century Blue and White Vase Lamp
Located in Wilton, CT
Nice antique Chinese blue and white porcelain, Kangxi period, garlic neck vase made into a lamp
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Antique Early 18th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Qing Dynasty Chinese Black Mirror Kangxi Jar Vase in Stand
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Late 19th century Chinese ‘black mirror' porcelain vase, Kangxi marks to the underside of the base
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Antique 1880s Chinese Chinese Export Jars
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Kangxi Dynasty Porcelain Lamps
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of Kangxi Dynasty porcelain lamps with 19th Century French mounts.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Table Lamps
A Pair of Kangxi Style Famille Verte Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A pair of early 20th century Kangxi style Famille Verte baluster jars decorated with domestic
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Early 20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Beautiful Kangxi Powder Blue Chinese Porcelain Vase Lamp
Located in London, GB
A beautiful Chinese powder blue porcelain vase, Kangxi (1662-1722) 18th century, lamped with carved
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair of Early 18th Century Chinese Blue and White Kangxi Vases Mounted as Lamps
Located in London, GB
these vases make perfect bedside or sofa table lamps. The porcelain dates from circa 1700-1720, Kangxi
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Antique Early 18th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
H 12.21 in W 4.73 in D 3.94 in
Chinese Lamp Green Floral Design
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Kangxi style lamp.
Famille Verte Design.
Decorated with basquet of flowers.
Measures: Total
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Early 20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Chinese Blue and White Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Chinese Kangxi style vases, powder blue with oval reserves in Blue and White as lamps
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain Famille Vert Vase, Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Chinese porcelain vase form famille vert two-light lamp mounted on a wood base. Newly Wried
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Table Lamps
PAIR of Chinese Famille Verte Buddhist Lion Lamps
Located in Woodbury, CT
Chinese Famille Verte Fu Lion FACING PAIR, male with sphere and female with cub; mounted as lamps
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Table Lamps
Important Pair of Chinese Porcelain Famille Rose Lamps on Ormolu Bases, 19th C.
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
, meaning 'foreign colours' was introduced during the reign of Kangxi (1654���1722), possibly around 1720
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Pair Chinese Famille Verte Porcelain Temple Jars
Located in London, GB
Iron Red Fishscale Ground.
Famille Verte refers back to the Chinese Prints and Paintings of the Kangxi
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain, Giltwood
Early 19th Century Chinese Kangxi Period Vase as Lamp, Six Reign Marks
Located in Atlanta, GA
Early 19th century Chinese Kangxi Period vase as lamp on custom gilt base, six reign marks within
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Pair of Yellow Ground Lamps China Republic Period, circa 1915 Now Lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
A large pair of yellow ground Chinese porcelain vases made in the Kangxi style during the Republic
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Vintage 1910s Chinese Qing Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Chinese Famille Vert Lamp on Teak Base, 19th Century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Kangxi period (1661���1722) of the Qing dynasty
Originally $ 975.
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Rare Pair of 18th Century Chinese Square Bottle Vases Lamped, circa 1700
Located in London, GB
An unusual pair of Chinese Kangxi period (1662-1722) square sectioned bottle vases each decorated
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Antique Early 18th Century Chinese Table Lamps
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Kangxi Lamps For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are several options of kangxi lamps available for sale. Each of these unique kangxi lamps was constructed with extraordinary care, often using ceramic, porcelain and wood. Kangxi lamps have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 19th Century.
How Much are Kangxi Lamps?
Kangxi lamps can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $2,604, while the lowest priced sells for $830 and the highest can go for as much as $11,268.
Finding the Right table-lamps for You
Well-crafted antique and vintage table lamps do more than provide light; the right fixture-and-table combination can add a focal point or creative element to any interior.
Proper table lamps have long been used for lighting our most intimate spaces. Perfect for lighting your nightstand or reading nook, table lamps play an integral role in styling an inviting room. In the years before electricity, lamps used oil. Today, a rewired 19th-century vintage lamp can still provide a touch of elegance for a study.
After industrial milestones such as mass production took hold in the Victorian era, various design movements sought to bring craftsmanship and innovation back to this indispensable household item. Lighting designers affiliated with Art Deco, which originated in the glamorous roaring ’20s, sought to celebrate modern life by fusing modern metals with dark woods and dazzling colors in the fixtures of the era. The geometric shapes and gilded details of vintage Art Deco table lamps provide an air of luxury and sophistication that never goes out of style.
After launching in 1934, Anglepoise lamps soon became a favorite among modernist architects and designers, who interpreted the fixture as “a machine for lighting,” just as Le Corbusier had reimagined the house as “a machine for living in.” The popular task light owed to a collaboration between a vehicle-suspension engineer by the name of George Carwardine and a West Midlands springs manufacturer, Herbert Terry & Sons.
Some mid-century modern table lamps, particularly those created by the likes of Joe Colombo and the legendary lighting artisans at Fontana Arte, bear all the provocative hallmarks associated with Space Age design. Sculptural and versatile, the Louis Poulsen table lamps of that period were revolutionary for their time and still seem innovative today.
If you are looking for something more contemporary, industrial table lamps are demonstrative of a newly chic style that isn’t afraid to pay homage to the past. They look particularly at home in any rustic loft space amid exposed brick and steel beams.
Before you buy a desk lamp or table lamp for your living room, consider your lighting needs. The Snoopy lamp, designed in 1967, or any other “banker’s lamp” (shorthand for the Emeralite desk lamps patented by H.G. McFaddin and Company), provides light at a downward angle that is perfect for writing, while the Fontana table lamp and the beloved Grasshopper lamp by Greta Magnusson-Grossman each yield a soft and even glow. Some table lamps require lampshades to be bought separately.
Whether it’s a classic antique Tiffany table lamp, a Murano glass table lamp or even a bold avant-garde fixture custom-made by a contemporary design firm, the right table lamp can completely transform a room. Find the right one for you on 1stDibs.
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