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Lot 85

LAMPE À BEURRE EN ALLIAGE D'ARGENT
Tibet, XIXe siècle

25 – 27 October 2022, 10:30 CEST
Paris, Avenue Hoche

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LAMPE À BEURRE EN ALLIAGE D'ARGENT

Tibet, XIXe siècle

A SILVER ALLOY BUTTER LAMP
Tibet, 19th century
Set on a domed lotus base with bulbous mid section incised with flowerheads, the flaring cup with bands of petals and shaped panels containing the auspicious symbols of the chakravartin. 23cm (9in) high.

Footnotes

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

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