Temple Jar Lamp
Pair of American Hand-Painted with Shells Porcelain Temple Jar Lamps
Located in Southampton, NY
Pair of American hand-painted with shells porcelain temple jar lamps.
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Late 20th Century North American Table Lamps
Pair of Chinese Style Enameled Gilt Porcelain Temple Jar Lamps
Located in Lomita, CA
canvas for this dramatic pair is a set of large white porcelain temple jar lamps. The lamps are squared
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Early 20th Century American Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Blue & White Temple Jar Lamps
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Pair blue and white temple jars converted to lamps in the style of the Chinese period of the 18th
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Early 20th Century Irish Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese 1920s Blue and White Double Happiness Temple Jar Mounted as a Table Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
table lamp. Created in China during the first quarter of the 20th century, this temple jar features the
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Wood, Porcelain
Pair of American Mid-Century Celadon Temple Jar Porcelain Lamps
Located in Southampton, NY
Pair of American Mid-Century celadon temple jar porcelain lamps.
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
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
Antique Large Pair Chinese Blue & White Porcelain Temple Jars
Located in Norton, MA
This is a large pair of porcelain Temple Jars with the original lids. The theme is dominated by the
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Asian style crackle vase temple jars circa 1940s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of Asian style crackle vase temple jars circa 1940s
12 x 12 x 32
Category
Vintage 1940s Asian Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Decorator Églomisé Decoupage Chinoiserie Lamp
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Elegant and detailed decorator temple jar form lamp with hand applied decoupage and églomisé
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Mid-20th Century American Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
Giltwood, Glass
Antique Hand Painted Chinese Porcelain Lamp
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Large antique Chinese Porcelain blue and white temple jar as a lamp. Mounted on an Asian wood stand
Category
Antique Early 1900s Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Exquisite Pair Flambé Porcelain / Black Wood Table Lamp
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Pair glazed flambe porcelain with black wood base decorative temple jar vases mounted as table
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Antique 1820s European Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Mid-20th Century Israeli Brass Hanukkah Lamp
Located in New York, NY
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The Hanukkah lamp commemorates the number of days that the Temple lantern blazed; the ninth
Category
Mid-20th Century Israeli Religious Items
Materials
Brass
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Large Pair of 1960s Celadon Drip Glaze Ovoid-Form Lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
Each ovoid lamp of impressive size with ribbed neck above a tapering body; all in a rich drip glaze of celadon and pale blue; measures: height 23" (top of ceramic) 36" (top of shade)...
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Mottled Chinese Deep Blue Glazed Porcelain Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
A very fine late 19th century Chinese deep mottled blue glaze baluster vase with flared neck, decorated throughout with rubbed gilt decoration and Chinese inscriptions. Now mounted a...
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain Celadon Glazed Vase Table Lamp by Marbro
By The Marbro Lamp Company
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 supported by a hardwood carved footed...
Category
20th Century American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Gorgeous Extra Large Celadon Ceramic Pierced Asian Style Lamp Midcentury
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Gorgeous extra large celadon green ceramic lamp with wonderful lattice style pierced work and crackled finish to top and bottom. There are also some very light incised cranes under t...
Category
Vintage 1980s Chinese Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Chinese Celadon Lamp 19th Century with Bronze Mounts
Located in New Orleans, LA
This beautiful lamp was first a vase and then mounted on bronze to serve as a lamp. The origin is Chinese, but the lamp came from England.
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Antique Japanese Porcelain Vase Custom Mounted as a Lamp
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Japanese vase newly custom mounted as a lamp. Painted in a Chinese style with multicolored floral and bird motifs against a vibrant pink background now custom mounted as lamp...
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Vintage 1910s Japanese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain, Silk, Lucite
Chinese blue and white vases mounted as table lamps
Located in Reepham, GB
A matched pair of Chinese blue and white vases decorated with scenes of birds amongst foliage and the other with vases and objects. Now mounted as table lamps, each raised on turned ...
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Early 20th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Export Urn Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Originally a covered Chinese jar converted to lamp with very fine French dore bronze mounts. Beautiful bronze finial. Custom parchment shade dimension is 15" in diameter x 9.5" high.
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Pair 18th Century Japanese Arita Imari Porcelain Vases / Lamps, circa 1780
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderful quality pair of late 18th Century Japanese Arita porcelain Imari vases, each with wonderful bold colouring, depicting inset panels of exotic flowers within a ground of cl...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 19th Century Japanese Porcelain Lamps
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A stunning pair of 19th century Japanese Imari porcelain vases with period gilt bronze mounts. Unique coloration with blue and orange panels containing floral and bird motifs. Profes...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Large Vintage Japanese Imari Lamp
Located in Bradenton, FL
Early 20th century Japanese Imari vase porcelain lamp. Features beautiful cobalt blue with red, orange and white hand painted floral design, and gold trim. Lamp sits on a sturdy dark...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Crackelware Vases / Lamps
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of late 19th century Chinese crackleware vases / lamps. Each with oriental style ormolu mounts to the top and bottom. Classical scenes of warriors on horse back w...
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Imari Vase Mounted In Lamp
Located in Paris, FR
Very nice and large Imari vase (Japan late nineteenth century) lamp mounted around 1950 with a Luminator system.
The lampshade rests on the aluminum cone also containing a light bul...
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Associated Pair of 19th Century Chinese Porcelain Mirror Black Lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
Associated pair of 19th century Chinese porcelain mirror black lamps, circa 1880
Baluster Classic form. Both on old hardwood bases.
Two similar age, form and quality vases and base...
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain, Hardwood
Pair of Ginger Jar Porcelain Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of circa 1940's French celadon green ginger jar-shaped porcelain table lamps.
Measurements:
Height of Body: 16"
Height to shade rest: 28.5"
Diameter: 9.5"
Category
Vintage 1940s French Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
A Pair of 19ths Century Japanese Satsuma Lamps
By Satsuma
Located in Fairfax, VA
Pair of 19ths century Satsuma porcelain and bronze oil lamps that professionally have been electrified and fitted with box pleat silk lampshades.
Measurements includes the lampshade.
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
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Pair of Taupe Chinese Ceramic Temple Jars Mounted as Lamps, circa 1995
Located in Houston, TX
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The elegant monochromatic beauty of this pair of Chinese temple jar lamps is wonderful. Manufactured
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1990s Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Temple Jar - Old Lamp Conversion
Located in Middleburg, VA
LOVELY BLUE CHINESE TEMPLE JAR OLD LAMP CONVERSION WITH NEW WHITE SHADE AND GILT PINEAPPLE FINIAL
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Asian Temple Jar as Table Lamp
Located in Austin, TX
White porcelain temple jar, hand-painted in beautiful pastel colors, mounted on oriental style
Category
Vintage 1940s Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
"Flambe" Temple Jar with Base
Located in Atlanta, GA
A wonderful example of Chinese "Flambe" 19th c. in unusual Temple Jar shape. Lid attached now
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese 19th Century Cobalt Temple Jars
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful pair of cobalt blue Chinese porcelain temple jars with gold floral design. Bases have
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 20th Century Temple Jar Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of 20th Century Temple Jar Lamps.
*Shades not included.
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20th Century Chinese Other Table Lamps
Pair of Chinese Celadon Temple Jar Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Celadon Temple Jar Lamps. With a floral design in relief. Shades available separately.
Category
20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Pair of Blue and White Temple Jar Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Blue and White Temple Jar Lamps
(Shades not included)
Category
20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Blue and White Temple Jar Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of blue and white temple jar lamps, shades not included.
Category
20th Century Table Lamps
American Midcentury Yellow Temple Jar Lamps, 1950s-1960s
Located in Southampton, NY
American midcentury yellow temple jar lamps
Newly electrified mounted on giltwood bases.
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Blue and White Chinese Temple Jar Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of 20th century blue and white Chinese temple jar lamps.
Category
20th Century Chinese Georgian Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
20th Century Blue and White Porcelain Temple Jar Lamp
Located in New York, NY
20th Century Blue and White Porcelain temple jar lamp with Crest.
Category
20th Century Table Lamps
Pair of Blue and White Chinese Temple Jar Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of temple jar lamps with phoenix and blossom motif,
20th century.
Shades not included.
Category
20th Century Chinese Other Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Temple Jar Lamps
Located in New York, NY
20th century temple jar lamps.
Category
20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Pair of Blue and White Chinese Temple Jar Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of blue and white Chinese temple jar lamps decorated with "Double Happiness" motif. *(Shades
Category
Vintage 1930s Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of 20th Century Temple Jar Lamps with Peony Decoration
Located in New York, NY
Pair of 20th Century Temple Jar Lamps with Peony Decoration
Category
20th Century Chinese Other Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 20th Century Temple Jar Lamps with Phoenix Decoration
Located in New York, NY
Pair of 20th Century Temple Jar Lamps with Phoenix Decoration
Category
20th Century Chinese Other Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Of Blue And White Porcelain Chinese Temple Jar Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair Of Blue And White Porcelain Chinese Temple Jar Lamps.
20th Century.
Category
20th Century Chinese Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Of Blue And White Porcelain Chinese Temple Jar Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair Of Blue And White Porcelain Chinese Temple Jar Lamps *(shades not included)
Category
20th Century Chinese Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 19th Century Blue and White Temple Jar Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of 19th century blue and white temple jar lamps.
*Shades Not Included
Category
20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Temple Jar Lamps with Phoenix and Blossom Motif
Located in New York, NY
Pair of temple jar lamps with phoenix and blossom motif, 20th Century. Shades Not Included
Category
20th Century Chinese Georgian Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Celadon Bas, Relief Temple Jar Lamps
Located in Essex, MA
Pair of Chinese celadon bas, relief temple jar lamps on acrylic bases with fish design and glass
Category
Early 2000s American Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Antique Temple Jar Lamps with Peony and Bird Decoration
Located in New York, NY
Pair of antique temple jar lamps with peony and bird decoration.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of American Decoupage Butterfly Design Glass Temple Jar Lamps circa 1950
Located in Southampton, NY
Pair of American decoupage butterfly design glass temple jar lamps circa 1950.
Category
Vintage 1950s North American Regency Table Lamps
Pair of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Temple Jar Lamps
Located in Southampton, NY
Pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain temple jar lamps
having a beautiful stylized blossom and
Category
Vintage 1970s Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Chinese Export Famille Verte Temple Jar Lamp
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Late 19th century Chinese export famille verte temple jar, now mounted as a lamp. Baluster form
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Handsome Pair of Large Blue and White Chinese Lidded Temple Jar Lamps
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome Pair of Large Blue and White Chinese Lidded Temple Jars with Illustrative Landscape
Category
20th Century Table Lamps
Large Chinese Ginger Jar Lamp
Located in Sheffield, MA
Large antique blue & white porcelain Chinese temple jar lamp with cobalt blue Fu Dogs on celadon
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Tribal Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Pair of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Covered Jars or "Temple Jars"
Located in London, GB
. The covers with foo dog finials. These would also make a very nice pair of lamps.
Category
Antique 1880s Chinese Jars
Materials
Porcelain
H 16.93 in W 9.85 in D 9.85 in
Pair of Chinese Crackle Celadon Temple Jar Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Chinese crackle celadon temple jar table lamps.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Temple Jar Vase As a Lamp
Located in Southampton, NY
19th Century Chinese Tung Chih Temple Jar Vase As Lamp
On Custom Made Mahogany Base With A a Pink
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Antique 19th Century Chinese British Colonial Table Lamps
Chinese Export Porcelain Temple Jar French Bronze Ormolu-Mounted Lamp
Located in Banner Elk, NC
A Chinese Famille rose temple jar and lid, with polychrome enamals depicting a garden pattern with
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of Blue & White Porcelain Temple Jars
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Blue & White Porcelain Temple Jars made into lamps
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
A Single Chinese Blue & White Temple Jar
Located in New York, NY
A Single Chinese Blue & White Temple Jar made into a lamp
Category
20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Blue and White Temple Jars
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Blue and White Temple Jars with Birds and Flower Deocrations
Category
20th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Pair of Blue and White Chinese Temple Jars
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Blue and White Chinese Temple Jars made into lamps
*(shades not included)
Category
20th Century Table Lamps
Pair of Blue and White Chinese Temple Jars
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Blue and White Chinese Temple Jars *(shades not included)
Category
20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Blue and White Temple Jars with Phoenix
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Blue and White Temple Jars with Phoenix
Category
20th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Pair of Brass Lamps
Located in Wilton, CT
Pair of brass lamps with great scale. Temple jar shape with nice patina.
Shade not included.
Category
20th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Italian Porcelain Lamps
Located in Southampton, NY
Pair of Italian White Porcelain Lamps with Flowers in a Temple Jar Shape
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Midcentury American Yellow and White Chinese Style Lamps
Located in Southampton, NY
Pair of midcentury American yellow and white temple jar shape Chinese style lamps.
Category
Mid-20th Century Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Pair Of Antique Decorative Lamps, Japanese, Bronze, Table Light, Victorian, 1880
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of antique decorative lamps. A Japanese, bronze and enamel temple jar light, dating
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
H 24.81 in W 17.13 in D 11.62 in
Vintage Pair Bronze Finished Asian Lamps with Lionized Shih Tzus or Foo Dogs
Located in Atlanta, GA
high relief on the ginger jar shaped form. Each of the lamps is adorned with a leaping Foo Dog against
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Chinese Porcelain Temple Jar Lamp
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A large beautifully hand painted Chinese porcelain temple jar lamp. all-over decoration of leaves
Category
Vintage 1920s Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Famile Verte Chinese Temple Jar Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of 20th century Famile Verte Chinese temple jar lamps.
Category
20th Century Unknown Georgian Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Blue and White Temple Jars Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of blue and white temple jars lamps. Decorated with lions. (Shades not included.)
Category
20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Japanese Imari Porcelain Temple Jars as Lamps
Located in London, by appointment only
A well-scaled pair of 19th century Japanese Imari temple jars, the baluster shape bodies with
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Asian Meiji Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Large Pair of Hand Painted Chinese Porcelain Temple Jars Now as Lamps
Located in Lambertville, NJ
1920s large hand painted Chinese porcelain temple jars mounted as table lamps
Beautiful pair of
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Vintage 1920s Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Blue and White Ginger Jar Lamps with Dragon Motif
Located in Peabody, MA
Pair of blue and white porcelain temple or ginger jar lamps with a Chinese dragon motif, circa late
Category
Mid-20th Century American Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Large Wooden Oriental table lamps 1990s
By Satsuma
Located in Den Haag, NL
temple jars wired as lamps.
Hand carved Flower motif comes with beautiful original hand made shade .
One
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1990s Chinese Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
Bamboo
Bitossi Style Italian Sgrafritto Pottery Table Lamps
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Miami, FL
A large-scale stylized temple jar shape here with this pair of Italian pottery table lamps with a
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Pair of Blanc De Chine Vintage Porcelain Baluster Lamps with Prunus Motif
Located in Lomita, CA
A pair of temple jar blanc de chine lamps are impressive in a variety of settings with their
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
No Reserve
H 26 in W 8 in D 8 in
Late 19th Century German Silver Hanukkah Lamp
Located in New York, NY
commemorates the number of days that the Temple lantern blazed; the ninth, shamash, stands farthest as a jar
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Religious Items
Materials
Silver
19th Century Blue & White Temple Jar Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th century blue and white temple jar lamp on wooden base with silk shade.
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain, Wood, Silk
Pair of Vintage Ceramic Chrome Square Temple Jar Lamps, France, circa 1970
Located in Houston, TX
modern manner. The general shape of these vintage French lamps circa 1970 is that of a temple jar but
Category
Vintage 1970s French Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Turquoise Table Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
An oversized, ceramic temple jar lamp
in turquoise ground with translucent
over-glazes
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
pair of olive temple jar table lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of table lamps made out of two olive colored temple jars
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Blue and White Temple Jars
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A large pair of Chinese hand thrown blue and white ceramic lidded temple jars painted with a dragon
Category
Early 2000s Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Enormous Persimmon Handmade Temple Jar Vase Custom Lamp Lucite Base
Located in Houston, TX
This enormous handmade temple jar vase custom lamp has a delicious persimmon glaze mounted upon a
Category
2010s Chinese Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of 19th Century Blue and White Temple Jars Turned Lamps
Located in New York City, NY
Pair of 19th century blue and white temple jars turned lamps on mahogany bases. Custom 13" x
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Antique 19th Century Table Lamps
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Temple Jar Lamp For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the temple jar lamp you’re looking for. A temple jar lamp — often made from ceramic, porcelain and wood — can elevate any home. Find 38 options for an antique or vintage temple jar lamp now, or shop our selection of 1 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. There are many kinds of the temple jar lamp you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. Each temple jar lamp bearing Georgian, Regency or Mid-Century Modern hallmarks is very popular.
How Much is a Temple Jar Lamp?
A temple jar lamp can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $3,000, while the lowest priced sells for $750 and the highest can go for as much as $8,250.
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.
Questions About Temple Jar Lamp
- What were temple jars used for?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Traditionally, temple jars were used as receptacles for storing the ashes of dead relatives in Buddhist temples. Today, most people use them as decorative objects in their homes. Find a range of temple jars from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A ginger jar is a typically round jar that widens toward the top, or ‘shoulders’ of the jar. The narrower mouth is topped by a smooth domed lid. A temple jar features a handle or knob on the top of the lid. The jar itself is more curved as well. On 1stDibs, find a selection of ginger jars and temple jars.
- What is a ginger jar lamp?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021A ginger jar lamp pairs a lovely lampshade with an ornate Chinese spice jar to create a visually appealing lamp. The lampshades can be neutral or colorful to create a beautiful effect. Find a collection of antique and vintage table lamps on 1stDibs.
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