Vase and lamp foot in Chinese porcelain enamelled white cracked ivory - Qing - China XIXth

Very beautiful chinese porcelain vase with cracked glaze with 2 handles in the shape of elephant heads of the qing dynasty, mounted in 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 frame in gilded bronze. When it changed its destination (from vase to lamp), it was mounted as an oil lamp, hence the presence of a removable tank that is now electrified to make it an electric lamp. At the end of the 19th century, a fashion developed for asian objects, so many vases were brought back from asia at that time. During their history, many of these asian vases have been transformed into lamps in order to find them a new place in interior decoration. Lamp or vase, it is a rare and very elegant decorative object. Vase height: 12.99 inches lamp height: 17.32 inches provenance: castle in france.

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