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Chinese Famille Rose Style Porcelain Vase Table Lamps, Pair中国粉彩风格瓷瓶台灯一对
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Here we have a pair of Chinese Famille Rose Style Porcelain Vase Table Lamps—objects with one foot in the scholar’s studio and the other in the sitting room. Originally conceived in the visual language of Qing courtly porcelain, they’ve had a very practical second life as electrified decorative lamps.
The decoration borrows from famille rose traditions: elegant standing figures in court dress, floral sprays, auspicious objects, and brightly enameled molded handles. But this is where connoisseurship matters. The painting, while lively, is fairly commercial in execution; the colors are bright and uniform, the gilding crisp, and the applied handles look more like 20th-century factory work than period Qing craftsmanship.
The conversion details also tell a story. Wood caps, metal fittings, carved wood stands, and modern shades all point to later adaptation. That doesn’t make them undesirable—far from it. Vintage Chinese porcelain lamps remain highly decorative and quite collectible in the furnishings market.
Condition appears generally good, with visible rubbing, small enamel wear, and the expected compromises of lamp conversion. As ceramics, drilling and mounting reduce value; as lamps, they gain utility and decorative appeal.
So the verdict: authentic as vintage Chinese decorative lamps, but unlikely to be Qing period vases. I’d place the authenticity score for period-antique claims at 38%.
Conservative auction estimate: $300 to $700 for the pair as lamps. If they were genuinely Qing period unmounted vases, we’d be discussing a vastly higher category entirely. In other words: handsome, charming, and best appreciated with the lights on.
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Item Report
Chinese Famille Rose Style Porcelain Vase Table Lamps, Pair
中国粉彩风格瓷瓶台灯一对
By:Unknown
Style:Chinese export decorative arts / Famille rose style figural porcelain
Origin:China
Materials:Porcelain, overglaze enamels, gilt, wood bases and caps, metal lamp fittings, fabric shades
Age:circa 1950-1980 for the porcelain bodies; later converted as lamps
Condition:Good (converted to lamps, visible wear and rubbing, some minor losses/scuffs, not professionally condition-reported)
Value:Auction estimate: as decorative vintage lamps $300-$700 for the pair; if genuinely 18th-19th century period vases before conversion, value could be many thousands, but the present examples do not support that attribution.
Maker's Marks / Writing:No visible reign mark shown. Small decorative pseudo-calligraphy appears on painted scrolls/books but is not clearly legible from the provided images. Auction tag visible: 'FREEMAN'S', lot/sticker with handwritten '2' and number '146', sale '6480'.
Date:2026-05-14 00:03:17.372202
Description:
A pair of converted porcelain baluster-form vases mounted as table lamps, decorated in famille rose enamels with court figures, floral sprays, auspicious objects, molded faux-ring or scroll handles, and gilt-highlighted borders. The bodies appear to be 20th-century decorative wares later drilled and fitted for electricity, with wood caps, carved wood bases, and modern fabric shades.
一对改制为台灯的瓷质瓶式器，器形为鼓腹撇口的瓶形，通体以粉彩绘宫廷人物、花卉、吉祥器物，并饰有模印式仿活环/卷云形耳及描金边饰。器身应为20世纪装饰性瓷器，后期钻孔并安装电器配件，配有木质盖板、镂雕木座及现代织物灯罩。
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Assessment:
These are attractive Chinese famille rose style porcelain vase lamps made as decorative wares rather than convincing Qing period porcelains. The painting is charming but somewhat formulaic, the enamels and gilding are bright and even, and the molded side handles and overall finish suggest mid-20th-century production. The lamp conversion appears later, and the wooden tops obscure the mouths, while the drilled electrical mounting materially reduces value as ceramics. Best understood and valued as vintage Chinese porcelain lamps, not period Qing vases.
这是一对颇具观赏性的中国粉彩风格瓷瓶台灯，应视为装饰性瓷器而非可信的清代本朝瓷。人物绘画虽有趣味，但整体较为程式化，彩料与描金鲜亮均匀，贴塑式侧耳及整体表面处理更接近20世纪中期制品。改装为电灯应为后期所为，木质上盖遮住了口沿，钻孔安装电器也明显降低了其作为瓷器本体的价值。较恰当的理解与估值，应是复古中国瓷台灯，而非清代原配瓶。
Individual Images:
whole lamp pair front
whole lamp pair with shades
detail of figure painting
detail of blue molded handle
detail of yellow-robed figure
detail of second blue handle
side view of applied handle
whole lamp pair alternate view
detail of robed female figure
detail of upper floral border
detail of lower border and base
detail of auction tag
Provenance:
Only an auction house tag is visible, apparently from Freeman's. No older documentation, collection label, or reliable ownership history is provided in the photos.
Condition:
Good (converted to lamps, visible wear and rubbing, some minor losses/scuffs, not professionally condition-reported)
Identification Score: 94%
The form, decoration, lamp hardware, shades, and wood fittings clearly indicate a pair of Chinese porcelain vases converted into table lamps. The famille rose palette and court-figure subject matter are readily identifiable despite the later mounting.
从器形、纹饰、电气配件、灯罩以及木质附件来看，可明确判断为一对中国瓷瓶改制的台灯。其粉彩设色与宫廷人物题材都很鲜明，虽经后期装配，仍易于辨识。
Authenticity Score: 38%
As porcelain lamps, they are authentically vintage decorative objects. As purported Qing period famille rose vases, the evidence is weak: the enamels look comparatively fresh, the figural drawing is repetitive and commercial, the applied handles appear factory-made and uniform, and the overall surface lacks the nuanced age, wear, and firing character expected of 18th- or early 19th-century examples. The electric conversion and modern components further indicate decorative reuse rather than preserved antique vases.
若作为复古装饰台灯来看，它们是真实的老装饰器物；但若称其为清代粉彩原瓶，证据则明显不足：彩料显得较新，人物开脸与衣纹处理带有重复性的商业画风，贴饰耳制作规整统一，整体表面也缺乏18世纪至19世纪早期器物常见的细腻老化、使用磨损与烧造气息。电器改装及现代部件也说明其更适合作为装饰性再利用器，而非保存完好的古瓷瓶。
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Keywords
Chinese porcelain lamps, famille rose style, court figures, figural vase, pair of lamps, export decorative arts, enamel decorated, wood base, China
中国瓷台灯, 粉彩风格, 宫廷人物, 人物纹瓶, 一对台灯, 外销装饰艺术, 珐琅彩绘, 木座, 中国
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