CYLINDER BLUE TABLE LAMP

CYLINDER BLUE TABLE LAMP

Blue dragons on white — an iconographic pairing as old as Asian decorative porcelain craft itself, rendered here on a handcrafted cylinder body fired at extremely high temperatures that bond glaze to surface with the permanence and depth that lower-fired alternatives cannot achieve. The Dragon collection blue cylinder table lamp by Port 68 draws from centuries of Asian artisanal tradition and translates it into a contemporary lamp format with precision and genuine decorative ambition. The dramatic blue dragon designs move across the white porcelain background with the fluid, gestural quality that handcrafted application produces — each piece subject to slight variations in glaze color and surface character that make every lamp uniquely its own. A rectangular Lucite base elevates the cylinder with transparent geometric clarity, nickel hardware accents introduce cool metallic precision at the fittings, and an off-white polyester hardback rectangular shade with rolled edge completes a lamp that is at once historically informed and unmistakably contemporary.

Elegant Design Details

The blue dragon pattern across the white porcelain cylinder body is the visual centerpiece — a decorative program that carries the visual weight of a storied artistic tradition while reading as fresh and considered in a modern interior context. The cylindrical porcelain form provides a continuous, uninterrupted canvas for the dragon design, allowing the motif to wrap fully around the base and present differently as the viewer moves around the lamp. High-temperature firing ensures the cobalt blue glaze achieves the depth and saturation that this scale of decorative pattern demands — the color rich and consistent, the white background crisp and clean beneath it. The rectangular Lucite base introduces a contemporary material counterpoint beneath the traditional porcelain body, its transparency separating the cylinder from the surface beneath it and allowing the lamp’s full decorative program to read without visual interruption. Nickel hardware accents and the off-white polyester hardback rectangular shade with soft rolled edge complete the composition with restrained, modern precision.

Soft, Ambient Illumination

The off-white polyester hardback rectangular shade diffuses light evenly across the room, its rectangular profile — 19 inches wide, 11 inches deep, and 11 inches high — providing a broad, directional spread of illumination that suits the lamp’s traditional sitting room and console table positioning equally well. Hardback construction maintains the shade’s precise rectangular form under heat and extended use, with rounded corners softening what might otherwise be a rigidly geometric profile. The 3-way on/off switch on the neck provides accessible brightness control across three output levels, allowing the lamp to shift between full ambient illumination and a lower, more atmospheric setting without requiring a separate dimmer. The lamp accepts up to a 100-watt 3-way bulb, and the switch placement on the neck rather than the socket keeps control intuitive and immediate in side table and console placements.

Size & Functional Features

At 32 inches tall overall, this lamp is proportioned for console tables, sideboards, and living room end tables where a lamp of genuine vertical authority is needed to hold visual balance within a furnished room. The rectangular shade spans 19 inches wide and 11 inches deep — a profile that suits console and sideboard placements where the shade’s front-to-back dimension needs to remain within the table’s surface boundary while still providing meaningful width of light coverage. At just 6 pounds, the porcelain and Lucite construction makes this one of the lightest lamps in its height category, allowing effortless repositioning as room arrangements evolve without the handling considerations of heavier ceramic or stone alternatives. The 6-foot clear cord maintains visual discretion in most standard placement configurations, and the Lucite base keeps the lamp’s connection to its surface as visually unobtrusive as the design’s transparency allows.