Blue and White Delft Lamp

A late nineteenth century blue and white Delft vase of bulbous form, decorated throughout with tropical birds and flowers, with four quatrefoils each showing a leaping deer. Low Cou...

A late nineteenth century Chinese blue vase with craquelle glaze, now mounted as a lamp with turned giltwood base. Please note: Lampshade not included. Lamp photographed with a 16”...

Late 17th Century Dutch Delft Faience Blue and White Chinoiserie Baluster Vase Mounted as a Lamp and newly electrified. Decorated in imitation of a Chinese Ming vase with a sage, rocks and vegetation, mounted on a wood base. The dimensions noted include the lampshade and electrical fittings. The vase as mounted in wood is approximately 10in. high and 6in. 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...

A good quality Chinese 19th Century Blue and White vase / lamp. Having classical oriental motif decoration to the base and top, scrolling foliate and flower head design to the centre...