Classical lamps become favorites

Art lighting mainly refers to lamps that have far more decorative functions than lighting functions, and have a more artistic look in appearance and style. The art lighting on the market today is mainly wood, stone, porcelain, rattan, cloth, root art, bamboo art and other major categories. They all contain a large amount of hand-made ingredients, which are more styles and more personalized. Because they are between lighting and crafts, they are relatively expensive. However, in addition to decoration and embellishment, like antique calligraphy and painting, it also has a very high value for collection.

In recent years, ancient lamps have gradually become collections of collectors' attention. Many public and private museums at home and abroad also have ancient lamps. In the auction market, from time to time there are exquisite ancient light auction items for collectors feast their eyes. The ancient Chinese lamps have a history of thousands of years. They are of different shapes, varied, or bronze, or ceramic, or bamboo, all kinds of simple, elegant, generous, in the current investment in art has become a favorite new collection.

From the ancient artifacts unearthed, China’s earliest ancient lights appeared in the Warring States period. The development of ancient lamps reached the peak in the Ming and Qing dynasties. The ancient lamps of the Ming and Qing Dynasties were mainly made of porcelain, with pottery lamps in between. Most of the pottery lamps were used for wares or ritual vessels, bronze lamps and stone lamps until the Ming and Qing dynasties. It is rare, and lamps made of red copper, brass or tin are still commonplace. In addition to black glazes, white glazes, and celadons, the Ming Dynasty porcelain lamps also saw a large number of blue-and-white and multi-colored porcelain lamps. The color of the lamps and lanterns is richer than ever before. In the Qing Dynasty, in addition to being practical, the lamps pay more attention to its ornamental qualities, such as the monkey dome lamp, the boy holding a lamp, the lion lamp, and the exquisite lotus lamp and Buddha dome lamp. At that time, the folk celadon lamp had a strong folk flavor and the image was very vivid.

“It is not mainstream, but it is at least unique.” Some people have commented on the ancient lamp. Nowadays, with the improvement of the quality of home life, art lighting with unique gestures has been integrated into the classical elements of Chinese style and has begun to attract more attention and love. Although they are not "deeply ignorant people", but scattered in the house, it is not easy to find the alley. For example, in the market, the peony flower chandelier of the imitation lacquer carving process, “the lampshades are all very thin polished bamboo tubes, through the bamboo tube, the bamboo fiber silk thread is complete, the light and shadow are soft, and the wonderful is abnormal.” The Le Louvre home in Lecong Jewelry City, the author saw a novel and unique translucent bamboo art lamp, the lampholder structure of this type of bamboo art lamp adopts a nail-free production process, and sprinkles a soft yellow light, giving a warm, romantic and distant feel. The quaint appearance and patterns of the Chinese painting on the lampshade, entangled with flowers and birds, unwittingly remind people of thousands of years ago.

These antique bamboo lamps incorporate bamboo's humanistic connotations into lamps that are decorative, ornamental, and practical. Although between the lamps and crafts, the price of such bamboo art lamps is not very high. It is understood that, such as desk lamps, wall lights are mostly 200 yuan, while the floor lamp is generally between 1000 to 2000 yuan, the most expensive is the chandeliers and wall art wall lamp, mostly ranging from 2000 to 4000 yuan.

In addition, ancient lamps that have been circulated for thousands of years are difficult to find today. In the past, ancient lamps that were used only by nobles were of high value, but they survived very little. Apart from paying attention to the expensive treasures on the auction market, collectors should also pay more attention to oil lamps and candlesticks of various materials that are widely circulated to and accompanied by workers. Such old lamps and lanterns are easier to find in Tibetan cities. And the price is not high. Although the price of the ancient light market has risen in recent years, it is still at a low level. It is worth paying attention to.