Altar Lamp Stand

Object Number: | A1169A |
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Current Location: | Collections Storage |
Culture: | Nepalese (uncertain) Hindu (uncertain) |
Provenience: | Nepal |
Date Made: | 15th Century - 19th Century |
Early Date: | 1400 |
Late Date: | 1899 |
Section: | Asian |
Materials: | Brass |
Iconography: | Vishnu Flute Dancing Girls Naga (Snake) |
Credit Line: | Purchased from Alexander Scott, 1914 |
Description
Brass altar lamp stand. Vishnu playing flute and two dancing girls. Naga halo.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Exhibition of the Art of the Far East ( Dec 1914) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
[Article] Scott, Alexander. 1914. "The Alexander Scott Collection". The Museum Journal. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. V. no. 2. pg. 55-114 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Fig. 50 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
[Catalogue, Exhibition] University of Pennsylvania, Office of the President. 1914. Catalogue of an Exhibition of the Art of the Far East.. Philadelphia. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Pg. 44 No. 4 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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