Brass Dhokra Bastar Oil Lamp - Ca 1910 Brass Bound Cabinets 66x 40 x 53 (wxdxh

66x 40 x 53 (wxdxh cms)

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Brass Dhokra Bastar Oil Lamp - Ca 1910 Brass Bound Cabinets 66x 40 x 53 (wxdxhThis decorative Indian brass oil lamp is from the Bastar tribes of Chhattisgarh, India. These oil lamps were used daily and would have traditionally been used with a wick and ghee oil. It dates to the early 20th century, circa 1910. The central stand is called a stambha and is decorated with two stacked peacocks. A single peacock perches at the rim of the oil reservoir ready to drink and faces two lingams, phallic symbols of Lord Shiva. The rim is