Rare Japonisme Lacquer Lamps, 19th Century

Rare Japonisme Lacquer Lamps, 19th CenturyA superb late 19th century pair of Japonisme lamps of exceptional quality, inset with Japanese porcelain vases, exquisitely hand decorated in low relief to imitate lacquer, and enriched with crisp ormolu (gilt bronze) mounts. France, circa 187080; the porcelain Japan, early Meiji period, circa 18681880. Why we like them 19th century lacquered porcelain from Japan is extremely rare due to the high complexity and brief period of its manufacture. These

Structurally sound and sturdy

Titus (and later Trajan) built his thermal bath over its ruins

20 in the Gold Drawing Room

A fabulous late 18th / early 19th century reverse mirror painting in original

Although displaying similarities with a number of other fine examples

Area of conservation to one corner (approximately 1

was visited by more than six million people in the exhibition's five months

FURNITURE PRINTERS to her MAJESTY’

For a further related pair

these prints perfectly reflect the essence of the Grand Tour

Tritons have been featured prominently in various cultures

One of them was Francois Hervé