Qing Table Lamps

Antique 19th Century Chinese Famille Verte Ginger Jar converted as Table Lamp Beautiful 19th century Chinese ovoid lidded ginger jar from the Qing Dynasty. It is hand painted in int...

Vintage Chinese porcelain lobed double gourd vase made into a beautiful lamp. In turquoise blue monochrome glaze. With turned wood base and nice quality brass double articulated soc...

A beautiful pair of Chinese Porcelain Qianlong inspired table lamps. Features a hexagonal form with flared mouth. The vases are white with blue painted nature scenes showcasing an al...

A lovely antique Chinese famille rose enamel vase converted into a lamp with a storied heritage and provenance. The term famille rose (French meaning “pink family”) refers to its pr...

The Marbro company was founded by Morris Markoff and his brother, hence the name "Marbro" from Markoff brothers. They started the company shortly after WWII. The company was located in a 3 story brick building in the garment district of Los Angeles, just south of Downtown right by the Santa Monica Freeway. During the time they ran the company, they sold almost as many antiques as they did lamps. Marbro sold their products mainly through interior designers and a few upscale furniture stores. Most of the products were built to order. A typical order from a designer or retailer took between 75 and 90 days to complete. Most of the components that made up the lamp bodies (ceramic, brass, glass, etc) were purchased from small companies and antique dealers around the world. For the most part, none of the bodies were made on site. . Italy was the source for alabaster, Japan and China for Porcelain, Brass in India and Crystal from Germany and France. Lamps would also be made from sculptures that customers brought to in to the shop. Once the lamp bodies arrived, a group of Marbro employees would make the wood bases, spin the metal caps, make the shades, and do the painting and tinting. With the help of about 20-40 other true world class artisans, metal workers, finishers and handmade shade makers, they produced lamps and shades that were truly some of last of their kind of art. Here we have an astonishing example of Marbro production. This mid to late 18th century lusciously oxblood lacquered "sang de boeuf" Chinese urn was almost certainly a custom commission by a client, the owner of the Qing urn. The exceptional quality of the urn, it's size, gentle proportions, the even application of the oxblood glaze (especially over the stunning elephant handles) are of a quality that I have not seen before in a lamp. The Marbro artisans truly did right by their client, as they allowed the exceptional form and color of the Chinese antique take center stage. The simple base follows the proportion of the body yet perfectly echoes the angle and curve of the elephant trunk handles. Victorian lampshade...

Late Qing Dynasty Chinese Jar mounted as a lamp. Iron red foo dog decoration on jar. Mounted as a lamp in the 1960s-70s with wooden shaped base. Jar: 11" h, 8.5" dia. Some paint wear...

Single Chinese Langyao Hong Oxblood Red Porcelain Vase, Wired as a Lamp. In the tianqiuping or globular form, on a wooden base, with a brass fixture. Shade available separately. 33&...

Porcelain Chinese warrior Vase Mounted as a Lamp. Qing Dynastie famille Verte, Approx late 19th Century

A pair of compatible antique Chinese hand carved green quartz covered jars mounted as electrified lamps. The lamps with removable lids held in place by a pierced metal banding to all...

A magnificent and large pair of 19th century Qing Dynasty Chinese blue and white porcelain vases mounted as lamps. Each i...

Pair of Chinese Cherry Red Amber Figural Carvings Mounted as a Table Lamps, one Guanyin and one Shouxing atop a crane, each on wood base with crochet ...

Pair of 19th century Chinese porcelain Ginger Jars converted into table lamps with wood bases. The pair is beautifully painted with delicate images of flowers and green leaves.

Chinese Famille Verte Porcelain Vase Mounted as a Table Lamp, atop an ebonized wood stand. 15" H x 4.5" Diameter. Provenance: From a Palm Beach Collection.

An Unusual Pair of 20th Century Chinese Porcelain Vases Turned-to-Lamps with French Ormolu Mounts. This is truly an unusual pair of lamps, with a black and turquoise blue salmon roe fish ground and an elaborate and unusual number of round cartouches, each with a different interior design. The cartouche roundels are hand-enameled and include peaches, flowers, Daoist symbols, and many more Chinese inspired designs. Each lamp is hand-enameled with a gorgeous array of details and sophistication. The vases are flanked with gilt elephant-ear handles and have their original lids, which were later converted to lamps to be used in any modern day setting. The porcelain vases are mounted on a pair of gorgeous French ormolu mounts, which are finished with hand-chased designs. China, Circa: 19th C. Height of Vases with...

For FULL item description click on More Details below. Offering One of Our Recent Palm Beach Estate Fine Lighting Acquisitions Of A Qing Dynasty 19th Century Chinese Nanking Vase...

This very large Chinese Qing Dynasty monochrome Mieping vase with a Yongzheng reign mark mounted as a lamp is in a rich bottle green while marked with a Yongzheng (1722- 1735) reign ...

Rare Kangxi Dynasty (1654-1722) apple green over white crackle glazed baluster shaped ceramic vase/lamp - white crackle glazed interior and base - large...

Pair of Chinese Blue and White Ceramic Vases Mounted as Lamps, with floral design on carved wood bases. 20.5" H x 5" W x 5" D. Provenance: From a Connecticut Estate.

Decorative ginger jar table lamp circa 1970. Here we have a mid 20th century Chinese export ginger jar that has been converted into a table lamp.  Double brass bulb holder with shad...

Early- to Mid-19th-Century Chinese Export Famille Rose (Fencai) Gu-Form Vase, Later Mounted as a Lamp Dimensions: 20.5" high to socket Vase alone: approx. 15.5" high Base: 9.75" dia...

Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Vase Mounted as a Table Lamp, decorated with florals, birds and si bats, brass hardware with two light sockets, fitted wood base. 28.5" H x 7.5" Dia...

Superb and quite early example of JUST ONE Chinese Hand painted Canton enamel tall ovoid form Vase of octagonal outline now converted to an Electric Table Lamp, raised on six ormolu ...

Qing dynasty green urn lamp, Late 19th century Chinese rich deep green glaze pottery ring-handled urn-form lamp on pedestal with complementary large ba...

Very beautiful Chinese porcelain vase with cracked glaze with 2 handles in the shape of elephant heads from the Qing Dynasty, mounted as a lamp at the end of the 19th century with a very beautiful Louis XV style frame in gilded and chiseled bronze. Beautiful ivory white color. French gilt bronze mount. When it changed its destination (from vase to lamp...

A rare, large antique Chinese famille rose porcelain baluster vase lamp. Measures: 30" height x 18" diameter with the shade. Chinese Famille Rose porcelain vases converted to table...

This is an exceptional pair of 19th century Qing Dynasty table or desk lamps! They are cast-bronze -- a teal blue-green color with black undertones ...

Pair of early 20th large Chinese Cantonese vase lamps circa 1910. Beautifully hand painted in green, pink and orange on a white background. These are a left and right pair and have ...

A striking and sculptural pair of mid-19th century Chinese bronze foo dog incense burners, later converted into lamps in the early 20th century. These richly cast guardian figures—sy...

Chinese Famille Rose Gu Vase Mounted as a Lamp, the flaring vase hand-enameled with birds upon flowering branches and mounted on a carved wood stand, with silk shade. Overall: 23" H...