A NEPALESE BRONZE OIL 'DONORS' LAMP

Nepal, 19th Century

Cast in the form of a donor couple at prayer, each wearing lavish robes and clasping their hands on front of their chest, set upon a rectangular base with a band of lotus and three lines of a votive text to the back, the oil receptacle issuing from the front, shaped as a large blossom

11.8cm high, 962g

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PROVENANCE:

English Private Collection

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