DepartmentAsia

Ritual Butter lamp

NameLamp

CultureTibetan / Vajrayana Buddhist

Date20th century

Place madeTibet, China, East Asia, Asia

MediumSilver

Dimensions5 1/4 × 4 × 3 7/8 in. (13.3 × 10.2 × 9.9 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Friends of Folk Art, Folk Art Flea Market, A.2017.64.5

Object numberA.2017.64.5

Collections

DescriptionTarnished silver chalice form. Knob of stem engraved with floral accents. Tapered base of several layers with scalloped edges.

Early - mid 20th century

Artist not recorded

c. 1840

Unrecorded Ainu artist

late 19th to early 20th century

ca. 1800

Matl

Mid-20th century

Matilde Eugenia Poulat

Mid-20th century

James M. Córdova

2004

Artist not recorded

Early 20th century

Artist not recorded

Mid 19th-Mid 20th Century