One of a Kind Ceramic Lamp Base Signed by Dalo

Hand-sculpted ceramic lamp base or sculpture "Clémentine" stylized face, stoneware with orange enamel. One of a kind handmade piece signed by the French ceramicists Dalo The height...

Hand-sculpted ceramic lamp base or sculpture "Soleil Citron" with stylized face medaillon, stoneware with shiny yellow enamel. One of a kind handmade piece signed by the French cera...

A large ceramic table lamp crafted by the renowned French ceramicist duo, Les DALO. The front showcases a stylized animal that resembles a cat, contorting itself to fit. Signature o...

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...