OILLAMP WITH CHAIN INDIA 18TH CENTURY
Dimensions: Height 15 cm Wide 6 cm Depth 10 cm
Weight: 331 grams
An eighteenth-century Indian bronze oil lamp with an attached suspension chain and a distinctive upright support of stacked, rounded mouldings. A projecting leaf-shaped oil receptacle extends from the central stem, creating an elegant asymmetrical composition above the compact lower support.
The bronze has developed deep brown and green patination that brings out the relief of the cast details and gives the lamp a rich, time-worn character. Portable oil lamps were essential in Indian religious and domestic life, bringing light to household shrines and ceremonial settings. The contrast between the slender chain, architectural stem and projecting burner makes this example an appealing piece of traditional Indian ritual metalwork.
Dimensions: Height 15 cm Wide 6 cm Depth 10 cm
Weight: 331 grams
An eighteenth-century Indian bronze oil lamp with an attached suspension chain and a distinctive upright support of stacked, rounded mouldings. A projecting leaf-shaped oil receptacle extends from the central stem, creating an elegant asymmetrical composition above the compact lower support.
The bronze has developed deep brown and green patination that brings out the relief of the cast details and gives the lamp a rich, time-worn character. Portable oil lamps were essential in Indian religious and domestic life, bringing light to household shrines and ceremonial settings. The contrast between the slender chain, architectural stem and projecting burner makes this example an appealing piece of traditional Indian ritual metalwork.
