Pair Of Imari Lamps, 19th Century.

This large pair of Japanese porcelain lamps is provided with the decoration called Imari. The bronze frame is adorned on the bases with lion or Fô dog heads. Imari porcelain is produced in the ovens of Arita in Japan, these porcelains, famous throughout the world, were imported by boat and shipped from the Port of Imari, hence their name. At the end of the 17th century a polychrome "Imari" rich in decoration appeared, called Imari Kinrandé or Imari de brocade, it is characterized by the trio of colors green, red and gold with a preponderance of red or green, blue under glaze being systematic. He favors dense decorations, delimited in symmetrical zones, leaving little free surface and constituting the antithesis of the Kakiemon type whose decoration is refined. The decoration of these lamps presents the characteristics of the kind called brocade, two large reserves located on the body, are painted, in red heightened with gold, of a Fô dog, between these two vertical and sinuous bands are decorated, they also in red and gold, from the mythical bird Hôô, also called phoenix, with its wings spread, it is the messenger of peace and good omens. If the green is absent from this decor, the underglaze blue is present here and serves as a background for the whole decor. The polychrome decoration and the gilding have retained all their freshness. The lamp alone, without lampshade, measures 57 cm high, and with the lampshade 83 cm Period 19th century.