Pair of 18th Century Delft Polychrome Double Gourd Ribbed Vases Mounted as Lamps

The baluster form terra cotta vase decorated with Chinoiserie decoration including a Court figure waving a banner with an attendant, persimmons, orchids, peonies and other emblems of...

Of archaistic form with brown craquelure overall and broad matte band with low relief decoration; mounted on a turned giltwood base and fitted with gold-lacquered brass adjustable ro...

Featuring a floral wreath of roses, hydrangea, and daffodils encircling a classical maiden in deshabille, set below a morning glory, on a periwinkle ground; mounted on a turned giltw...

Each of square tapering form mounted on a turned gilt base, fitted with adjustable brass rod and two-light sockets, height of vase is 15.5".

Each decorated in the 18th century spirit with floral blossoms, butterflies and bees, and gilt banding, on a giltwood turned base. Fitted with brass ...

Each of reeded acanthus wrapped columnar support supporting three candleholders with removable nozzles; raised on three paw feet on an incurved tripartite base; later fitted with two...

A pair of mid twentieth century Murano glass vases of double gourd form, with white ground and vertical twisted aventurine and acquamarine stripe.

A beautiful pair of Delft glazed earthenware, hand painted jars with French gilded metal mounts. 16" diameter for new white linen shades.

A fine early Dutch delftware vase with chinoiserie decoration converted into a lamp. Origine: Delft, The Netherlands Date: circa 1720 Workshop: Unknown. This 18th century Dut...

France, circa 1920 A twentieth century French mercury art glass vase of double gourd form, now converted as a lamp. Height of vase 35.00cm Diameter 16.00cm Photographed with a 1...

Originally Composite order column capitals, these French architecturals have been repurposed into a pair of desk or table lamps. Wonderfully hand-carved during late 1700s, the wooden capitals feature Neoclassical elements of the Composite order: volutes with egg-and-dart (of the Ionic order) above acanthus leaf caulicoles (Corinthian order...

17th Century Dutch Delft Octagonal Faience Vase mounted in brass and decorated with a chinoiserie décor of fighting warriors and exotic landscape. The dimensions indicated herein are those of the vase with the fittings and lampshade. The mounted vase only is approximately 10in. high and 7in. 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...