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A Tibetan silver butter lamp with cover, 19th Century.
Estimate
15 000 - 20 000 SEK
1 410 - 1 880 EUR
1 520 - 2 030 USD
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Unsold
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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.