Pair of 19th Century Red Marble Table Lamps

This is a stunning 19th century bronze vase that has been converted into table lamp sometime in the mid 20th century. The verdigris is a gorgeous colour and works very well with the ...

This is a particularly attractive wine table. English c.1800 in gorgeous original condition with one small nick out of the edge. The piece is made from an unusual timber which I beli...

Pair of 19th Century French carrera marble corinthian columns rewired into stylish table lamps. They measure 37cm tall plus brass fitting makes them 52cm. Rewired and PAT tested to...

FINE PAIR OF NEOCLASSICAL ORMOLU-MOUNTED ROUGE MARBLE TABLE LAMPS France, probably Paris, circa third quarter of the 19th century Item # 404LBP26Q A magnificent pair of Neoclassical vases converted into lamps, they are designed loosely after the influential vases of Antiquity known as the Medici and Borhese Vases. Those Kraters were executed in marble and have been widely considered the finest and most well-conceived vases of Antiquity. They have been frequently copied and have been the inspiration for many decorative arts, including the present pair. The original vases feature bas-relief scenes in the Medici vase of a seated Iphigenia beneath a statue of Diana surrounded by Achilles, Ulysses and Agamemnon and in the Borghese vase a scene of drunk Silenius, Dionysus wearing his animal skin garment and Ariadne all together accompanied by a procession of revellers. The present example departs from antiquity, focusing only on the Bacchic revellers and have repeated this motif across the field of the vase. They carry in their outstretched arms wreathes and long drapes of their garments, several carrying in hand the Thrysus. The chorus of figures is loosely reminiscent to the Borghese Dancers, also known as the Dancing Hours, executed in bas relief in marble...