19th Century Qing Dynasty Iron Red Foo Dog Lamps - a Pair

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Amazing pair of 19th century Chinese porcelain, from the Qing Dynasty, These antique vases were later converted into a pair … Read more Amazing pair of 19th century Chinese porcelain, from the Qing Dynasty, These antique vases were later converted into a pair of table lamps, likely in the Mid 20th century.

Each lamp depicts a hand painted iron red foo dog on one side of the lamp, on the other side, and Asian language is painted. We have noticed that the symbols in the Asian language are not the same, so they likely have different meaning. Around The foo dog are painted birds, possibly red roosters. On the side of the neck Of the lamp, are these delicate porcelain wings that at one time were painted gold.

Lampshades are not included
A harp and a finial will be provided

The lamp is 22 inches tall to the top of the socket, the ceramic is 17 inches tall by 8 inches in diameter

Lamp power on, standard US bulb and cord, power switch socket, 250 V, 250 W,

Ceramic are both in very good condition without any cracks or chips. There is some loss of gold paint on the wings and on the face of each foo dog. Likely the losses from age. One foo dog has a scratch to the surface, see the photo. There is some imperfections that occurred during the hand making of this piece that includes some over painting or uneven painting. See less