Lately I’ve been missing some of the quirkier aspects of living in Beijing, for example, the city’s vast lamp market, which was housed in three football-field-sized warehouses. There were lamps that I would buy for my home, to be sure, but of course the more interesting were those made depicting life-sized horses, AK-47s and human body parts. Here are a few of the highlights.
For those equestrians out there, I found a life-sized horse:
But perhaps you would be happy with just a head:
Or if your taste goes toward pigs:
Or dogs:
But no, you may prefer weaponry instead, such as this AK-47:
Or a hand gun:
Some may enjoy something more Italian? Or gilded?
And if contemporary is your passion, the lamp market can provide as well:
Yes indeed, the lamp market has something for everyone, and I, for one, can’t help but hope that someday, somewhere in the world, I will walk into a house and encounter one of these treasures.
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