18th Century Dutch Delft Pottery Vase Mounted as Lamp

These trumpet vases are European and were made to copy Chinese porcelain vases being exported to Europe from China. This pattern is known as Batavia and is characteristic with th...

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

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...

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

Fench midcentury table lamp, the vase with a white glaze and biscuit areas in leaf shapes. Additional information: Origins: France Style: Mid Century Period: circa 1950, 20th ...

The voluptuous body of the vase of bulbous form, rising to broad shoulders and a short flared neck. The vase is covered in a stunning and complex vitreous oxblood red glaze, with are...

Chinese porcelain vase mounted into lamp, 18th century.

A fine early Dutch delftware vase with chinoiserie decoration converted into a lamp. Origine: Delft, The Netherlands Date: circa 1720 Workshop: Unknown. This 18th century Dut...

Single 18th century giltwood fragment mounted as lamp. Amazing Watergilding. Great Scale.

A Fabulous and Monumental Pair of 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Baccarat White Opaline Crystal Baluster Form Flower Decorated Vases Mounted as Lamps. Each of these crystal lamp...

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...

English porcelain vase mounted as lamp, derby, circa 1826. Attributed to artist Thomas Steele.