
Jing Wen
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Provenance:
Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021)
The butter lamp, also called 'The Dharma Light', is an essential ritual item in Tibetan Buddhism facilitating the offering of light to enlightened beings. The lamp would have been prominently displayed beside a temple altar and kept burning as a perpetual flame, tended by monks.
西藏 十九世紀 銀酥油燈
來源:
巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset(1936-2021)舊藏