ISLAMIC, INDIAN ART & JEWELS

A GILT BRONZE OIL-LAMP, SOUTH INDIA, 17TH CENTURY

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Start price: £340

Estimated price: £400 - £600

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Description

The stepped ringed baluster base with broad bracketed arms of lobed foliate form, incised with lotus bud and flower motif, the round mouth with incised lotus petal rim and tamil inscription

36cm. diam. 11.2cm. height


In Tamil script: Kalyanam ‘Marriage’

This lamp would have been part of a bride’s trousseau and would have been used to burn camphor during religious ceremonies.

Christies, Art of the Islamic Art, 6 April 2011, lot 368