Dutch Delft Faience Blue and White Chinoiserie Baluster Vase Mounted as a Lamp

Late 17th Century Large Dutch Delft Faience Blue and White Chinoiserie Baluster Vase Mounted as a Lamp and newly electrified. Of octagonal shape, decorated with oriental figures in a landscape. The dimensions indicated herein include the lampshade. The vase only with its base and cover is approximately 12in. high by 8in. 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...

Raised on later circular brass-mounted wood bases. Height of base only is 17in. (other dimensions include lampshade).

A late nineteenth century blue and white Delft vase of bulbous form, decorated throughout with tropical birds and flowers, with four quatrefoils each showing a leaping deer. Low Cou...

Each tall ribbed vase painted overall with floral and foliate stems resting on a pierced brass base; 20.5" (top of ceramic) 32.5" (top of shade).