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Lot 78 Dα

A bajixiang repoussé butter lamp (offering lamp). Tibet, 19th century

Auction 1213 - overview Cologne
09.12.2022, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 2.500 € - 3.000 €
Result: 3.276 € (incl. premium)
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A bajixiang repoussé butter lamp (offering lamp). Tibet, 19th century

The bell-shaped vessel with a flaring rim decorated with the Eight Buddhist Emblems in shaped panels on an engraved ground, the stem elaborately worked with lappets and incised floral motifs. Chiseled and in repoussé, with inset turquoise beads.
Height 19.2 cm

Butter lamps are traditionally placed on the altar during ceremonies, filled with clarified (yak) butter or ghee and lit with a cloth wick. They are a common feature of Tibetan Buddhist temples and monasteries throughout the Himalayas.

西藏 十九世紀 陽鑄銅鎏金酥油燈
可比: 《Art Lamaïque, exposition organisée en collaboration avec la Nepalese Belgian Friendship》, 布魯塞爾，1975年，第138號
來源: 柏林私人收藏

Provenance

Private collection, Berlin

Literature

Compare a very similar butter lamp in Art Lamaïque, exposition organisée en collaboration avec la Nepalese Belgian Friendship, Brussels 1975, no. 138