Nepalese Hanging Lamp with Dragon Motif & Pendants

Two dragons have agreed to hold up the lamp. So far they are keeping their word.

This hanging lamp with dragon motif and pendants comes from the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, and is a contemporary work in brass. Metalworking is an old and celebrated craft in the valley, handed down through families of Newar artisans. Scaled dragons rise from each side of a shallow round bowl and meet in an arch beneath the chain, with a teardrop pendant swinging at the center. Below the bowl, a pierced drum carries a fringe of long leaf-shaped drops. Thirty-three and a half inches high and 18 wide.

It will not need much of a breeze to start talking.