Newari Oil Lamp Depicting Salamander
Product ID: A1105-106
$129.00
About this piece
A dish shaped like a footprint, with a salamander at its heel.
Newari carvers of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, made this oil lamp depicting a salamander in stone in the late 19th or early 20th century. Lamps like this are commonly used to hold oil and a wick for temple and household offerings. A rounded, shallow bowl is joined to a smaller rounded lump at one end, which suggests the animal’s head. The stone is black-gray, smooth and slightly glossy with handling. A raised lip runs around the bowl.
About five and a half inches long and an inch and a half high. Rests on a desk like a pebble that knows things.
