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Altar Lamp Stand
| Object Number: | A1169A |
| 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. University of Pennsylvania Museum. Vol. 5. no. 2. pg. 55-114 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Fig. 50 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation | |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] University of Pennsylvania. 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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