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Oil Lamp

1901/1930

Sanskriti Museums

Sanskriti Museums
New Delhi, India

This brass lamp comprises a lamp bowl in the front, a container for oil in the middle, a ladle attached with a chain to the container for feeding oil into the lamp-bowl, and a handle, which is embellished with a figure of a hamsa.
The lamp incorporates the Hindu belief in akhanda jyot, which stands for burning the lamp without interruption. Here the lamp bowl is continuously refilled without letting the lamp extinguish even for a moment.

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  • Title: Oil Lamp
  • Date Created: 1901/1930
  • Location: Southern India
  • Physical Dimensions: H 34 cm x W 8.5 cm x L 37 cm
  • Rights: Text © Sanskriti Museum of Everyday Art/ Jyotindra Jain
  • Medium: Brass
  • Period: Early 20th Century
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