Price on application
This object is eligible for a Certificate of BADA Provenance
The BADA Standard
- Since 1918, BADA has been the leading association for the antiques and fine art trade
- Members are elected for their knowledge, integrity and quality of stock
- Our clients are protected by BADA’s code of conduct
- Our dealers’ membership is reviewed and renewed annually
- Bada.org is a non-profit site: clients deal directly with members and they pay no hidden fees
An Unusual Pair of Art Deco Patinated Bronze ‘Juggler’ Figural Table Lamps, by Roland Paris.
Each lamp is finely cast and with rich patination and depict a Chinese Circus performer balancing on a ball whilst juggling. The central stem resting on the juggler’s forehead rising to reeded urn finial and issuing three lights. Each lamp is raised on an octagonal stepped plinth.
Roland Paris
Roland Paris (1894-1945) was born into a German artistic family in Vienna in 1894.
He was a student of Henry van de Velde and Gottlieb Elster at the Weimarer Kunstgewerbeschule, before moving to Berlin to study sculpture.
His work is often satirical and idiosyncratic, specialising in bronze and ivory figures, lamp bases and ceramics.
German, Circa 1920.
Literature
Alberto Shayo, Roland Paris: The Art Deco Jester King, ACC Art Books, Woodbridge, 2016.
Dimensions
Height: 68 cm Width: 17 cm Depth: 17 cmStock number
B68505The BADA Standard
- Since 1918, BADA has been the leading association for the antiques and fine art trade
- Members are elected for their knowledge, integrity and quality of stock
- Our clients are protected by BADA’s code of conduct
- Our dealers’ membership is reviewed and renewed annually
- Bada.org is a non-profit site: clients deal directly with members and they pay no hidden fees
