Chinese Ceramic Lamp

Plum-red jar turned lamp, wearing a crisply pleated white shade.

This porcelain lamp from China is from China, and dates to the 20th century. Porcelain vases and jars from China have long been converted into table lamps, a practice that became especially common in the West during the twentieth century. Table lamp with a rounded ovoid body in deep glossy aubergine glaze, standing on a small dark wooden base with three feet. A brass fitting joins the body to a wide pleated white shade. It is 21 inches high and 16 in diameter.

Rich below and tailored above, with sensible lighting.