Italian Lamp Base with Pulcinella and Female Nude, Art Deco Ceramic, Ponti Era

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...

Created by the greatest master of enamel painting in America's Art Deco period -- Edward Winter -- this large and spectacular panel features two female nude figures, impossibly elong...

Art Deco Female Dancer Lamp. This exotic dancer stands with her arms raised above her head. .he lightbulb stands behind her like a headdress. This bo...

1930's Art Deco Frederick Carder Steuben Glassworks Gold Aurene Lamp Base. Beautiful swirl design.