22nd May, 2019 12:00

European & Asian Works of Art

 
Lot 181
 

181

A BRASS RITUAL OIL LAMP

A BRASS RITUAL OIL LAMP, KERALA, SOUTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY of elongated form, the squat turned oil reservoir with ladle attached to a chain, a protruding wick holder on one side, an long handle with cobra finial on the other 14cm high; 42cm long Provenance: Private collection, Northern England For a near-identical lamp in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, see inv. no. 02923(IS)

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A BRASS RITUAL OIL LAMP, KERALA, SOUTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY of elongated form, the squat turned oil reservoir with ladle attached to a chain, a protruding wick holder on one side, an long handle with cobra finial on the other 14cm high; 42cm long Provenance: Private collection, Northern England For a near-identical lamp in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, see inv. no. 02923(IS)