Brass Dhokra Bastar Oil Lamp From Chhattisgarh - Ca 1910 Material - Terracotta Colour: White with pink

Colour: White with pink

It played an important role in each family's clan life

Table made from a pair of 19thC carved teak capitols - with a white marble top

this was heated from underneath in the winter

Given the dramatic stature of this piece

Brass Dhokra Bastar Oil Lamp From Chhattisgarh - Ca 1910 Material - Terracotta Colour: White with pinkThis 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