Brass Dhokra Bastar Oil Lamp From Chhattisgarh - Ca 1910 Material - Terracotta one of nine navagraha (Hindu

one of nine navagraha (Hindu celestial bodies)

ink and colour on paper

Given the dramatic stature of this piece

51 x 40 x 73 (wxdxh cms)

Date: Circa Ca 1940

Brass Dhokra Bastar Oil Lamp From Chhattisgarh - Ca 1910 Material - Terracotta one of nine navagraha (HinduThis decorative Indian brass oil lamp is from the Bastar tribes of Chhattisgarh, India. These oil lamps were used daily and would have traditionally been used with a wick and ghee oil. It dates to the early 20th century, circa 1910. The central stand is called a stambha and is often decorated with an elephant or peacock although left plain in this case. A peacock perches at the rim of the oil reservoir ready to drink. It faces two lingams, phallic