Pair of Italian Artistiche Porcelain Cat Table Lamps with Shades

Florence, late 20th century, by Manifattura Italiana Porcellane Artistiche, hand-painted porcelain recumbent cats with gilt bodies and matte black features, signed "Sergio Dauti" with company marks, label, and painter's signature to underside, with conforming ebonized wood base, includes metallic silk shades with shell form finials.

HOA 26 x 14 x 15 in.; cats 9 x 13 x 10 in.

From the Collection of Phoenix Chen Haydon, Raleigh, North Carolina

Porcelain cats not attached to bases; both working at time of evaluation; both ebonized wood bases with scattered surface marks; one cat with surface mark to snout.