Pair of antique French Japonisme glazed ceramic and ormolu lamps

By Malpass, Louis Pierre (French, active 1870s)

£18,000

These beautiful vases, turned lamps, are wonderful examples of French Japanese style artworks, beautifully painted by a leading Belle Epoque ceramicist.

 

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Description

These exceptional wares are a pair of French, Japanese 'Japonisme' style vases, converted into lamps, in glazed ceramic adorned with ormolu mounts.

Made in the late nineteenth century French Belle Epoque, they most notably feature exquisite painted scenes to the front and reverse. The fronts bear likenesses of a Japanese man on one and a Japanese woman on the other, and the reverse bear wonderful painted images of trees, birds (ducks) and shrubbery, as well as flowers and insects such as butterflies.

The pieces also bear ormolu handles in elephant form, as well as an elegant base, neck, and frieze to the bases, cast with gadrooning and geometric patterns. The paintings are signed 'L. Malpass,' for Louis Pierre Malpass, an important ceramics painter of the late nineteenth century, active most notably in the 1870s. Exquisite artistic pieces, as well as wonderful decorative wares, they will make an outstanding and much enjoyed interior addition.

Lamps: height 104cm, width 36cm, depth 26cm
Shades: height 33cm, diameter 50cm

Details

Artist / Maker
By Malpass, Louis Pierre (French, active 1870s)
Country of Origin
French
Date of Manufacture
c.1875
Period
Late 19th Century
Style
Animal / Animalier, Figurative Art, Japanese Interest, Japonisme
Material
Ceramic, Ormolu (Gilt Bronze)
Colour
Cream, Gold, Multi-coloured

Dimensions

Height
104 cm / 40.9 inches
Width
36 cm / 14.2 inches
Depth
26 cm / 10.2 inches

Reference:
12980

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