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X2001.11.80 Lamp stand
Object Name: Lamp stand
Place of Origin: Nepal
Date/Era: 19th century
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Medium/Materials: Brass
Credit Line: Fowler Museum at UCLA. Gift of the Pal Family.
Accession Number: X2001.11.80
This lamp stand takes the form of a simple stambha, or pillar, a classical Indian form that in other lamps is often ramified into a full-blown tree of life.
Source: Exhibition wall text, Flames of Devotion: Oil Lamps from South and Southeast Asia and the Himalayas.
