Pair of Imari Table Lamps

A stunning Japanese Imari Temple Jar table lamp. 19 century. Why we like it Great scale in traditional Imari palette and motifs. About Imari ware Imari ware originated in the tow...

A superbly decorative pair of Prussian blue Chinoiserie vase lamps in imitation blue lacquer of the 18th-century style, fitted with gold leaf water-gilt turned circular bases. Why w...

An extremely rare pair of wonderfully elegant table lamps in white opaline glass, gilt-decorated with Greek Key ornament. Formerly oil lamps, now electrified. France, late 19th – ear...

A pair of Chinese Longquan ware vases in rare light-green celadon glaze, of the 12th–14th century Song or Yuan dynasty style. Fitted as lamps on gilt turned circular bases. Early to mid-20th century. The vases have the traditional pear-shaped bodies raised on slightly spreading feet, the waisted and flaring necks applied with two C-shaped dragon handles suspending large fixed rings, covered overall with a bluish-green glaze thinning to white at the edges and around the moulded peony scroll decoration. Why we like them We love the exquisite, individually hand-moulded decoration and the gentle colour of the glaze, in perfect harmony with the the flowing shape of the vases. History and Design Made in porcelain with raised moulded decoration under celadon glaze, and traditionally referred to as the Longquan ware, the design of these vases dates back to the 10th–14th century. Longquan celadon refers to ceramics produced in large kilns in Longquan, Jincun and other sites in Zhejiang Province on the east China seaboard as well as ceramics made elsewhere using the same techniques. The making of Longquan celadon dates back to the Northern Song...

Pair of Japanese Imari porcelain lidded ginger jar shaped vases mounted on giltwood bases. The colors are classic Imari in rich burnt orange and dark blue, accented with gold. Motif ...

Pair of Japanese Imari porcelain vases mounted on giltwood bases, from the 50's possibly older unmarked. The colors are a rich burnt orange and dark blue with gold outlining, the de...

A very good quality pair of 19th century Japanese Imari facetted vases / lamps, each with classical floral and motif decoration, raised on wonderful French gilded ormolu oriental sty...

Each vase of baluster shape, painted with pheasants perched on rockwork flanked by large flowering tree peonies beneath iron-red lappets enclosing flowers. For a similar example (a s...