18th Century Delft Blue and White Vase Mounted as a Table Lamp

Chinese Crackle Glazed Vase Mounted as a Table Lamp. Chinese monochrome crackle-glazed vase with opposing black lion masks, now mounted a...

Decorative pair of Japanese 20th century vases mounted as table lamps, decorated with martial arts scenes painted in broad brushstrokes of r...

Chinese Sang de Boeuf Vase mounted as a table lamp. An attractive Chinese sang de boeuf vase with a flared rim, the neck gradually transfo...

A pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain ginger jars and covers, now mounted as table lamps, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue over white with flowers and foliage in the details....

A magnificent large 18th century Dutch Delft blue and white baluster vase, the central panel depicting a superb urn of flowers and foliage, now mounted as a lamp with hand gilded fit...

An extremely rare, superb large pair of antique 18th-century Dutch Delft faience knobble vases mounted as lamps, circa 1770s by Van Duijn. A classic blue and...

Late 17th Century Dutch Delft Faience Blue and White Chinoiserie Baluster Vase Mounted as a Lamp and newly electrified. Decorated in imitation of a Chinese Ming vase with a sage, rocks and vegetation, mounted on a wood base. The dimensions noted include the lampshade and electrical fittings. The vase as mounted in wood is approximately 10in. high and 6in. diameter. The arrival in Western Europe of the first shiploads of Chinese porcelain, lacquerware, ivory and silk in the 17th century stimulated interest in China, or Cathay, as it was then called. Europeans soon began copying the Chinese artworks and decorative objects. These decorative arts inspired by China, which enjoyed their heyday in the late 17th, 18th and early 19th centuries, are known as chinoiserie. Soon after the introduction of expensive Chinese...

A superb pair of large early 18th century Dutch Delft vases, each decorated throughout in tones of blue on a white background with wonderful chinoiserie decoration in the Kangxi styl...