Antique Lamps & Lanterns Lighting

A wick, a pool of oil and a brass Garuda keeping watch. Antique oil lamps, hanging lamps and lanterns here come from India, Nepal, China, Turkey, Morocco and Indonesia, many made for temple and household ritual. Newari lamps from the Kathmandu Valley are cast with frogs, salamanders and dragons, and the sukunda, a Nepali ritual lamp often bearing Ganesh, appears in 17th and 18th century cast bronze. Brass lamps from Karnataka carry Lakshmi motifs, and a mid 18th century Gujarati oil lamp hangs from a chain strung with bells.

A Turkish fireman’s lantern and a pierced Moroccan lantern widen the map. Electrified pieces include a Murano glass horn lamp, a neoclassical bronze and marble urn lamp and a carved Chinese table lamp. Set an oil lamp on a mantel or hearth, or hang a lantern over a porch table on summer nights. Every one of them has outlasted the power company’s promises.