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Lamp

anoniemca. 1300 - ca. 1500

Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands

This lamp is shaped like a fish with an elephant trunk. In the mouth was a wick and the oil was poured in through the back. The woman is probably Sri Tanjung, a figure from Javanese mythology. She was falsely accused and murdered by her jealous husband, sent to heaven where
she was revived, and returned to earth on the back of a legendary fish. This lamp may have been used during rituals for the dead.

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  • Title: Lamp
  • Creator: anoniem
  • Date Created: ca. 1300 - ca. 1500
  • Physical Dimensions: brons
  • Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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