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A Tibetan silver butter lamp with cover, 19th Century.

A Tibetan silver butter lamp with cover, 19th Century.A Tibetan silver butter lamp with cover, 19th Century.
A Tibetan silver butter lamp with cover, 19th Century.A Tibetan silver butter lamp with cover, 19th Century.
A Tibetan silver butter lamp with cover, 19th Century.A Tibetan silver butter lamp with cover, 19th Century.
A Tibetan silver butter lamp with cover, 19th Century.A Tibetan silver butter lamp with cover, 19th Century.
A Tibetan silver butter lamp with cover, 19th Century.A Tibetan silver butter lamp with cover, 19th Century.
A Tibetan silver butter lamp with cover, 19th Century.
A Tibetan silver butter lamp with cover, 19th Century.
A Tibetan silver butter lamp with cover, 19th Century.
A Tibetan silver butter lamp with cover, 19th Century.
A Tibetan silver butter lamp with cover, 19th Century.
Estimate
15 000 - 20 000 SEK
1 330 - 1 780 EUR
1 390 - 1 850 USD
Hammer price
Unsold
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Head Specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
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A Tibetan silver butter lamp with cover, 19th Century.

The baluster-form stems are richly cast with prominent lotus petal decoration. The outside walls of the lamp are engraved with a lotus scroll and with repousse buddhist elements. Height 40 cm.

Dents and tears.

Literature

Pal, P., Art of the Himalayas: Treasures from Nepal and Tibet, Hudson Hills Press, 1991.

More information

Butter lamps are an essential element in the offering practices of Tibetan Buddhism and represent the offering of light to enlightened beings. Butter lamps are called “the Dharma light”.

Their form is reminiscent of the Christian chalice and they would have been used on an altar, filled to the brim with yak butter oil and with a single wick floating in each.