Handsome Single Blue and White Chinese Export Baluster Mounted as Lamp

Antique Black painted tole canister mounted as lamp with handsomely illustrative English coat of arms motif and Greek key borders, early 20th century. *S...

Charming 19th century Louis XV style bronze doré candlestick mounted as a lamp, with overall moulded rocaille forms.

Lovely pair of unusual Chinese Export blue and white porcelain vases.

Matched pair of blue and white Chinese export vases with exotic foo dogs ACC-69794.

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...

An imitation marble pattern applied to baluster (probably altar support) with red and gilt highlights. Possibly painted or transfer design. Minor chips to the marble pattern. Chips ...

each tall vase with flaring neck above a bulbous body ending in a splayed foot; adorned overall with hand-painted lappet perimeter bands and floral vines; raised on custom wooden pai...

Chinese blue and white vase mounted as lamp, Kang Hsi, circa 1720.