Description
chinese vase owned by my great-grandmother that was turned into a vase. don't know anything about it's history except for that. I know things like this can range from basically worthless to pretty valuable so figured I'd try to learn more about it if I could. About 13.5 in tall and 5 in across for the vase part. Even just knowing what the signature (if that's what it is) part says would be super helpful
Category
Asian Art
Medium
porcelain
Date Period
unknown
For Sale?
No
Photos
Based on what I can see from…
Based on what I can see from the images and the marking, this is late 19th to early 20th century vase that has been used as a lamp base. Lamps like this are of two types, those that use an existing vase and re-purposed for use as a lamp and those vases that were originally made for use as a lamp . I believe this one was made from an existing vase. We'd retail a comparable one as a lamp for about $350.00 as a decorator piece. There is a good chance there is another marking, a reign mark on the base of the vase under the metal base.