Carved Chinese quartz urn raised on three squat feet with two handles mounted with dragon heads, with filigree metal collar around rim and tall carved cover set into collar, mounted on a carved dark wood base which is then mounted to an floral bronze base, then mounted to blonde wood tiered base, single lightbulb raised above with lampshade and light green carved hardstone finial.

HOA 34 1/2 in.

From the Collection of the late Sterling Boyd, Raleigh, North Carolina
Sterling Boyd was a consummate collector and Southern gentleman. Originally from Little Rock, Arkansas, he studied art history at Sewanee: The University of the South, Oberlin College, and received his doctorate from Princeton University. He shared his enthusiasm for the fine arts through positions at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond and the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh. Boyd also taught and mentored future art historians at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, and later headed the art department at Wake Forest University in North Carolina. Following his academic and museum careers, Sterling Boyd channeled his talents for interior design and decoration. His Raleigh apartment was a cabinet of curiosities, each item carefully collected from his world travels and perfectly placed in his jewel box of a home.

Urn drilled and mounted as a lamp; some nicks and chips to surface with some loss.