A PAIR OF IMPORTANT FRENCH GILT AND PATINATED-BRONZE MOUNTED JAPANESE MENUKI AND LACQUERED BAMBOO LAMPS THE DECORATED BAMBOO JAPANESE, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), THE MOUNTS AND FITTINGS BY FERDINAND BARBEDIENNE PARIS, CIRCA 1890 Each Japanese bamboo shaft finely decorated with gilt and black low and high-relief lacquer cartouches depicting temples and landscapes amongst gilt, coppered, and patinated-metal menuki of flora, fauna, and figures in various pursuits, surmounted with a French pierced lamp fitment mounted with a cherry blossom above a waisted neck, the body further mounted with two French rectangular handles cast with prunus branches, flanked by mythical beasts with biforcating tails, and with four standing dragons to the circular base raised on four tête d'éléphant feet, signed to the base 'F. BARBEDIENNE' 24 in. (61 cm.) high; 10 ½ in. (26.5 cm.) diameter
A PAIR OF IMPORTANT FRENCH GILT AND PATINATED-BRONZE MOUNTED JAPANESE MENUKI AND LACQUERED BAMBOO LAMPS THE DECORATED BAMBOO JAPANESE, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), THE MOUNTS AND FITTINGS BY FERDINAND BARBEDIENNE PARIS, CIRCA 1890 Each Japanese bamboo shaft finely decorated with gilt and black low and high-relief lacquer cartouches depicting temples and landscapes amongst gilt, coppered, and patinated-metal menuki of flora, fauna, and figures in various pursuits, surmounted with a French pierced lamp fitment mounted with a cherry blossom above a waisted neck, the body further mounted with two French rectangular handles cast with prunus branches, flanked by mythical beasts with biforcating tails, and with four standing dragons to the circular base raised on four tête d'éléphant feet, signed to the base 'F. BARBEDIENNE' 24 in. (61 cm.) high; 10 ½ in. (26.5 cm.) diameter
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