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X2001.11.87 Lamp

 

Object Name: Lamp

Place of Origin: South India, India

Date/Era: 19th century

Dimensions: Total Height: 70.00 cm, H: 25.60 cm, W: 9.50 cm, D: 25.00 cm

Medium/Materials: Brass

Credit Line: Fowler Museum at UCLA. Gift of the Pal Family.

Accession Number: X2001.11.87

The hollow body of this heavy rooster serves as the oil storage reservoir. A small pin, also in the form of a rooster, can be removed to provide access to the oil pan at the base of the lamp.

Source: Exhibition wall text, Flames of Devotion: Oil Lamps from South and Southeast Asia and the Himalayas.

SKU: X2001.11.87 Category:

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