Object Description
Pair of French antique Japonisme glazed ceramic and ormolu mounted lamps
French, Late 19th Century
Lamps: height 104cm, width 36cm, depth 26cm
Shades: height 33cm, diameter 50cm
In the Japonisme style, these superb, exceptionally large lamps (converted from vases) are made from glazed ceramics and fitted with ormolu mounts. The beautiful vases are parcel gilt and decorated with exquisite images of, to the front, a Japanese male figure on one and a female figure on the other; complemented by images of Japanese landscapes including trees, birds (ducks), shrubbery, flowers, and insects, including stick insects and butterflies.
Each piece is fitted with superb ormolu elephant-form twin handles, The paintings are signed ‘L Malpass’ for Louis Pierre Malpass, a leading and prolific painter of ceramics in Belle Epoque France, particularly during the 1870s. The lamps are set on ormolu bases and topped by light fittings, having been converted from vases at a later date.