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X2001.11.14a,b Lamp
Object Name: Lamp
Place of Origin: South India
Date/Era: 19th century
Medium/Materials: Bronze
Credit Line: Fowler Museum at UCLA. Gift of the Pal Family.
Accession Number: X2001.11.14a,b
The knob at the front of the peacock unscrews to provide access to the oil chamber inside the bird’s body.
Source: Exhibition wall text. Flames of Devotion: Oil Lamps from South and Southeast Asia and the Himalayas.
