Brass Dhokra Bastar Oil Lamp From Chhattisgarh - Ca 1910 Material - Terracotta this was heated from underneath

this was heated from underneath in the winter

Date: Circa Ca 1940

Table made from a pair of 19thC carved teak capitols - with a white marble top

one of nine navagraha (Hindu celestial bodies)

ink and colour on paper

Brass Dhokra Bastar Oil Lamp From Chhattisgarh - Ca 1910 Material - Terracotta this was heated from underneathThis 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 often decorated with an elephant or peacock although left plain in this case. A peacock perches at the rim of the oil reservoir ready to drink. It faces two lingams, phallic