Art Deco Porcelain Perfume Light of a Woodpecker by Elka, Germany

Art Déco german hand-painted glazed porcelain foo dog perfume lamp/incense burner by Aerozon By: Aerozon Material: porcelain, ceramic, enamel, paint Technique: molded, pressed, enam...

Illustrated in "Ceramiche Robj" and considered a major design by the renowned sculptor and ceramicist, this large piece was probably made in early 1930s to coincide with the debut of the Exposition Coloniale Internationale in Paris, which attracted almost 9 million visitors in less than a year. Rare and striking, this porcelain table lamp base depicts the globe surmounted by a tightly composed cluster of nude and semi-nude female figures representing cultures around the world. The women depicted here, all glazed in a gorgeous snow-white glaze highlighted in gold, are clearly representing a range of nations in Asia and Africa, probably coinciding with the nations that were part of the French Colonial Empire in the 1930s, before they won their freedom. Much like the one surviving building from the Exposition, now the Cité nationale de l'histoire de l'immigration, which features a massive bas relief mural...

German Art Deco wooden and frosted glass table lamp with a Woodpecker from the 1930s. This large and beautiful Art Deco period table lamp features an ornate white frosted glass lamps...

This perfume light is unsigned, made in Art Deco style between 1920-1950. The light is composed of molded ceramics with hand painted details. The lamp has a small heat bulb which f...