DepartmentAsia

Peacock oil lamp

NameOil Lamp

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Datec. 1900

Place madeIndia, South Asia, Asia

MediumMetal (brass)

Dimensions16 7/16 × 8 × 2 11/16 in. (41.7 × 20.3 × 6.8 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1981.4.130

Object numberA.1981.4.130

Collections

Asia

DescriptionCast, lost wax, brass. Hanging dipa in form of stylized peacock; beak connects to chest and forms spigot that goes to well (missing) which forms base. Flat tail with diagonal lines; protruding eyes; plume on head, ten links on chain....

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