Butter Lamp with Lotus Blossoms and Sanskrit Characters

Gallery 326, Asian Art, third floor

Main Building

Butter Lamp with Lotus Blossoms and Sanskrit Characters

1736-95

Artist/maker unknown, Chinese

Although clearly made in China, this pair of butter lamps may have been used by Chinese, Manchu, Mongol, or Tibetan practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism.

Gallery 326, Asian Art, third floor

Object Details

Title:

Butter Lamp with Lotus Blossoms and Sanskrit Characters

Date:

1736-95

Artist:

Artist/maker unknown, Chinese

Medium:

Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration

Dimensions:

4 1/2 x 4 1/8 inches (11.4 x 10.5 cm)

Classification:

Lighting

Credit Line:

The Henry P. McIlhenny Collection in memory of Frances P. McIlhenny, 1986

Accession Number:

1986-26-303

Geography:

Made in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China, Asia

Context:

Dynasty: Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) Period: Qianlong Period (1736-1795)

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Gallery 326, Asian Art, third floor

Main Building

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