Large 18th Century Chinese Export Mandarin Bronze Mounted Vase, wired as a Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
Large 18th Century Chinese Export Mandarin Bronze Mounted Vase, wired as a Lamp
Antique 18th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Bronze
Large 18th Century Chinese Export Mandarin Bronze Mounted Vase, wired as a Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
Large 18th Century Chinese Export Mandarin Bronze Mounted Vase, wired as a Lamp
Bronze
$1,436Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair Chinese Export Blue & White Porcelain Exotic Florals & Foo Dog Medallions
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair Chinese Export Blue & White Porcelain Exotic Florals & Foo Dog Medallions, China, 20th Century This striking pair of Chinese Export Blue & White Porcelain Lamps captures the t...
Brass
Early 19th Century Chinese Export Famille Rose (Fencai) Gu-Form, Now as a Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Early- to Mid-19th-Century Chinese Export Famille Rose (Fencai) Gu-Form Vase, Later Mounted as a Lamp Dimensions: 20.5" high to socket Vase alone: approx. 15.5" high Base: 9.75" dia...
Porcelain
Gilt Bronze Mounted Chinese Export Porcelain Lamp by E F Caldwell
By Edward F. Caldwell & Co.
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This hand painted porcelain vase, mounted as a lamp in gilt bronze by Edward F. Caldwell is newly re-wired, and ready for use.
Bronze
Porcelain Ormolu Mounted Chinese Lamp
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A porcelain ormolu-mounted Chinese export style vase Now mounted as a lamp Early 20th century, probably Samson The vase is in the form of a meiping In the Chinese export famil...
Porcelain
Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Lamp
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th century Chinese famille rose floral and bird porcelain lamp. Pink, green and teal colors on a white background. Lamp sits on a carved wooden and marble base. In good working con...
Porcelain
Chinese Style Porcelain Imari Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese style porcelain table lamp with Imari style floral decoration on round wood base. Ships without a shade
$6,098 / set
Pair Century Chinese Vases / Lamps
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very decorative pair of 20th Century Chinese porcelain vases / lamps. Each with blue coloured classical motif decoration boarders and Deer head handles, inset hand painted panels ...
Porcelain
Chinese Cloisonné Double Dragon Table Lamp
Located in Bradenton, FL
A fine 1960’s Chinese cloisonné enameled table lamp, decorated with the auspicious and joyous double dragon motif. Two dragons in yellow and green contend for a Flaming Pearl set aga...
Brass, Enamel
$280Sale Price|20% Off
Chinese Porcelain Vase Table Lamp
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is a colourful antique Chinese porcelain vase, depicting a traditional Chinese scene with exotic birds and landscape, converted into an elegant table lamp with a fine linen shad...
Porcelain, Linen, Hardwood
19th Century Chinese Porcelain Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautifully painted 19th Century Chinese vessel converted to lamp. Wooden base. Custom parchment shade is 10" high x 16" wide.
Enamel
19th Century Chinese Famille Rose lamp.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th Century Chinese Famille Rose export porcelain vase / lamp.
Porcelain
Chinese Hand Painted Ceramic Table Lamp
Located in Bradenton, FL
A Chinese table lamp made with a converted fragrance vase as the base. The vase is hand painted with two long-tailed blue birds perched on flowering Cherry blossom branch. Below is a...
Ceramic
Large Chinese Double Gourd Ceramic Lamp
Located in London, GB
Large Chinese Double Gourd Ceramic Lamp on wooden base 20th Century. In good condition commensurate of age. Shade not included
Ceramic
Antique Chinese Blue & White Table Lamp
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Classically elegant timeless vintage Chinese blue and white table lamp having lovely floral decoration. Custom shade is 10" h x 15 diameter Lamp itself is 8" W. Newly rewired.
Porcelain
$1,875 / set
Pair of Chinese Rose Medallion Lamps
Located in Bradenton, FL
Pair of 19th century Chinese Rose Medallion Lamps. Beautiful painted florals, butterflies and birds on sides with Chinese figures in blue, red, green on other side. Gilding throughou...
Porcelain, Wood
19th Century Chinese Urn Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Originally, a ginger jar converted to a lamp. Fine French dore bronze mounts. Custom parchment shade is 14" in diameter by 9.5" high. The overall body width is 9.5".
Bronze
Chinese White And Gray Porcelain Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese style (20th Century) white and grey trimmed porcelain table lamp with floral design on black wood base. Ships without a shade
Chinese Porcelain Vase Mounted as Lamp
Located in Bradenton, FL
This is a rather stunning Chinese porcelain vase made for export to the West in the early 20th century. The vase has been mounted on a heavy brass base. The porcelain is painted wit...
Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain Bird Motif Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese style (20th Century) yellow and turquoise porcelain table lamp with bird design. Condition: (Ships without a shade)
Porcelain
$1,250 / set
Early 20th Century Chinese Lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fabulous pair of early 20th century hardstone Chinese figural lamps. The finials are jade and come with the original silk shades. They measure 12 1/2 inches high with the base and 11...
Stone
$612Sale Price|30% Off
Chinese Wucai Porcelain Vase Table Lamp
Located in Germantown, MD
A Chinese Wucai Porcelain Vase Lamp with ebonized base. Measures 6" in width, 6" in depth and 17" in height to the top of the bulb socket
Brass, Enamel
Chinese Black and Floral Motif Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese black ceramic table lamp made from baluster-shaped vases decorated with birds amid blooming florals in pinks, yellows, and blues, and wooden bases with brass hardware Ships ...
Brass
Chinese Cloisonné vase/ lamp, circa 1880
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th Century Chinese Cloisonné vase / lamp. Having wonderful bold colour classical motif and floral decoration. We can convert the vase to a lamp. Batch 74. 621...
Enamel
$2,400 / set
Pair of Chinese Ginger Jar Lamps
Located in Sheffield, MA
The pair of blue-and-off-white Chinese ginger jar lamps have Chinese characters as decoration. Simple and Classic at the same time. The fixtures are made for European shades which we...
Ceramic
Chinese Porcelain Hat Stand Table Lamp
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is a colorful antique Chinese porcelain hat stand, depicting a group of women in a traditional Chinese setting, converted into an elegant table lamp with a fine linen shade and ...
Porcelain, Linen, Rosewood
Pair of Antique Chinese Porcelain Lamps
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Pair of Chinese porcelain vases mounted as lamps. Square tapering vases with alternating panels with floral decorations on a white background. Mounted on mahogany colored bases. Wire...
Brass
$675 / set
Pair of Chinese Ceramic Boudoir Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Diminutive Chinese vases mounted as lamps on decorative cast bronze bases. Both are in good working condition, one on off switch has been replaced, diameter of ceramic vase 3 inches....
Bronze
$2,512Sale Price|20% Off
Important Chinese blue ceramic lamp with butterflies, Quing Thongzhi, China 1865
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Important Chinese lamp in blue ceramic decorated with butterflies and flowers. China. QING dynasty, Tongzhi era, 1861-1875 Blackened wooden base In excellent condition, electricity ...
Porcelain, Wood, Ceramic
Chinese Gray Barrel Porcelain Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
"Chinese porcelain table lamp in a light gray hue and barrel shape on a wooden base with brass hardware. (Available in yellow: NWL2003) Ships without a shade."
Metal, Brass
Chinese Yellow Barrel Porcelain Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
"Chinese porcelain table lamp in a pale yellow hue and barrel shape on a wooden base with brass hardware. (Available in gray: NWL2002) Ships without a shade."
Metal, Brass
Vintage Chinese Ginger Jar Conversion Lamp
Located in Delray Beach, FL
A beautifully detailed hand painted vintage Chinese ginger jar that has been converted to a lamp. With a white and gold colored background that allows the vibrancy of the detailed ar...
Bronze
Black Chinese Pottery Vase Designer Table Lamp
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Huge Black Chinese Pottery Vase Now a Designer Table Lamp Additional information: Materials: Pottery Color: Black Designer: Randy Esada Designs for Prospr Period: 2000 - 2009 Style...
Pottery
19th Century Chinese Bronze Urn as Lamp
Located in Norwood, NJ
19th century Chinese bronze urn as lamp. Decorated with florals and dragon in high relief. Surmounted by two handles depicting phoenix birds. Measures: 22" to top of urn. Could be ...
Bronze
Antique Chinese Carved Green 'Jadeite' Quartz Lamp
Located in Norwood, NJ
The carved stone is often referred to as Jadeite or Quartz but is in fact from the fluorite family. This lamp base was carved in China in the late 19th century and exported to the Un...
Quartz
Chinese Export Porcelain Blanc de chine Water Buffalo with Child Riding
Located in Norton, MA
Chinese Export Porcelain Blanc de chine Water Buffalo with Child Riding
Brass
Pair 19th Century Famille Verte Chinese Porcelain Lamps
Located in Bradenton, FL
Pair of Chinese Famille Verte Hand-Painted Porcelain Lamps. Each lamp features a proportioned porcelain body, transitioning from a faceted base to a rounded shoulder and neck. The su...
Porcelain
Table Lamp Oriental Colors 19th Century, China
Located in New York, NY
Table lamp oriental colors 19th century, China. A table lamp made during the 19th century in China. Multicolored with gilded details.
Chinese Gilt Brass Mounted Celadon Porcelain Lamp
Located in Bradenton, FL
Mid 20th Century Chinese Gilt Brass Mounted Celadon porcelain lamp with molded elephant ring handles and matching finial. Harp and finial included. Molded blue floral motif throughou...
Brass
Pair Chinese famille Rose vases / lamps, C19th.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
This exquisite pair of 19th-century Chinese Famille Rose porcelain vases have been elegantly transformed into lamps. Characterized by vibrant, multicolored floral motifs and intricat...
Porcelain
Pair Fine 19th Century Chinese Cloisonné Lamps
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality pair of 19th century Chinese Cloisonne enamel vases, each with wonderful myithical Dragon flying among clouds. mounted with French gilded ormolu rims and plinths. ...
Enamel, Ormolu
Chinese Reticulated White Porcelain Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese-style white filigree porcelain table lamp with floral design and black round base. Ships without a shade
Porcelain
Chinese Celadon porcelain Vase / lamp, circa 1860.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
This exquisite Chinese Celadon vase from the early 19th century is remarkable for its unusual relief decoration, showcasing intricate motifs of flora and fauna. The vase is adorned w...
Bronze
Chinese Soapstone Carved Vase as Table Lamp
Located in Dallas, TX
ain intricately carved Chinese soapstone vase as custom table lamp with six (6) foo dogs chasing a ball, brownish-tan coloring, on a darker carved base with four feet, China, 1920s ...
Soapstone
Antique Chinese Hand Painted Porcelain Vase Lamp
Located in North Salem, NY
Very attractive one of a kind 19th century hand-painted Chinese porcelain vase lamp with double hung socket on turned shaped wood base. Circa 1820.
Porcelain
Chinese Style Porcelain Imari Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese style porcelain table lamp with Imari style floral decoration on round wood base.
Porcelain, Wood
Vintage Mid-Century Chinese Wooden Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
Vintage Mid-Century Chinese style wood lamp with fretwork design carving. Ships without a shade
Wood
Chinese 18th Century style Ormolu mounted lamp.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An impressive Chinese 18th Century style, Celadon porcelain vase / lamp, having classical oriental motif hand painted decoration to the whole, and scrolling handles to each side. Mou...
Ormolu
19th Century Chinese Famille Rose Vase / lamp
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality late 19th Century Chinese Famille Rose vase, having a yellow ground with floral decoration. An inset hand painted panel depicting exotic birds flowers and trees. C...
Porcelain
Wood Chinese Table Lamp, with Hand Carved Butterfly Decoration Pa, China 1880
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This is a table lamps in wood, handcarved. With butterfly decor pattern. It has been made in china circa 1880. Brown color. Rond Shape. USA PLUG ADAPTATOR WILL BE FURNISHED FOR FR...
Wood
$3,200 / set
Pair of Vintage Chinese Fu Dog Lamp
Located in Sheffield, MA
A wonderful pair of vintage Chinese Foo dog statues converted into small table lamps. These dog lamps were the property of Valley Castle in Cornwall Connecticut. Fu dogs are actual...
Ceramic
Chinese 19th Century Famille Noire Vase / Lamp
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century Chinese famille noire vase / lamp. Having wonderful prunus blossom and chrysanthemums with birds among them, raised on a pierced ormolu base.
Porcelain
$950 / set
Vintage Pair of Chinese Abacus Lamps
By ABCO
Located in San Francisco, CA
Wonderful pair of mid century Chinese Abacus Lamps made in Honk Kong.
Wood
Chinese 19th Century Powder Blue Vase/Lamp
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very stylish 19th century Chinese powder blue vase / lamp, having the light blue ground with gilded leaf decoration, inset painted panels one depicting various male courtiers with ...
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Famille Verte Vase / Lamp
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 18th century style Chinese Famille verte vase / lamp. Having bold classical Chinese scenes of courtiers under pagoda buildings and in gardens playing games and on...
Porcelain
Early 19th Century Chinese Celadon vase/lamp
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality early 19th Century Chinese Celedon porcelain vase / lamp. Having a wonderful bellied form with classical embossed motif decoration around, shell like handles to e...
Ormolu
Pair Of Chinese Phoenix Bird Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in Essex, MA
The birds now mounted as lamps with colorful bodies and hardwood bases. Two light sockets with jade finials.
Brass
Expanded trade between Europe and East Asia, starting in the 16th century, led to a booming market for exported goods, particularly furniture. This was bolstered by the establishment of the Dutch and English East India Companies at the beginning of the 17th century. From folding screens and chairs to lacquer tables and silver, Chinese Export furniture was in demand and regularly copied and imitated, leading to styles like chinoiserie and Chinese Chippendale.
The expansion of exporting that had strengthened the arts during the Ming dynasty continued into the Qing dynasty era — Chinese designers made many furniture pieces specifically for export, resulting in distinctive designs that mixed traditional techniques with forms appealing to foreign buyers. For instance, cabinetmakers in Canton (modern-day Guangzhou) were prolific in crafting hardwood furniture for export in European styles that involved the expert joinery techniques of Chinese furniture. Designs for Chinese Export porcelain, cabinets, decorative objects and other furniture were often more ornately adorned than they would be for a local audience, such as with mother-of-pearl overlays or surfaces featuring lavish pictorial scenes or gold on black motifs. Some were even commissioned by wealthy European families to be adorned with their coat of arms.
Because lacquer furniture was especially prized, and the resin used to create it was difficult to import as it would harden during the long voyage, artisans in China and Japan exported numerous lacquer pieces. Long before lacquer made its way to Japan, the Chinese treated the material differently. They used it to create smooth, glossy surfaces, but also for carving, an art that began in the 12th century and is exclusively Chinese. These pieces are called cinnabar lacquer after the powdered mercury sulfide (cinnabar) employed to produce their characteristic red hue. A popular form for export was a compact cabinet with drawers, usually displayed on a small table. Undecorated furniture built in Europe was also shipped to China to be lacquered. The international exchange of design would influence furniture into the 19th century and later, informing styles such as Art Deco and Art Nouveau.
Find a collection of antique Chinese Export tables, beds, cupboards, table lamps and more furniture on 1stDibs.
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.