Puja Lamp with Devotees Nepal 1821 Brass Guthrie-Goodwin Collection 1948.4 This five-cupped lamp would have been used in the religious puja rituals in a Nepali temple or family shrine when offering are placed before the image of a deity. The inscription on the base of the lamp identifies the donor as Daanadatra. Idealized images of his deceased father, his mother, and stepmother are shown in prayer below the cups of the lamp. The presence of human figures is rather unusual as most puja lamps bear the image of just a single deity.
INSCRIPTION
Incised characters in face of the self base; Two lines incised on base identify figures as father, mother, stepmother of the donor, Daavadatra. Dated NS 941 (1821 A.D.).
Details
- Title : Puja Lamp with Devotees
- Year : 1821
- Classification : Cultural Objects
- Medium : Brass
- Dimension : height: 9 in, 22.8600 cm; width: 10 in, 25.4000 cm; depth: 3 7/8 in, 9.8425 cm
- Accession No : Object ID: 1948.4
- Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
- Collection : Denver Art Museum
- Credit Line : Gift for Guthrie-Goodwin Collection
- Status : On View
- EXHIBITION HISTORY : “Light” — Denver Art Museum, 5/19/2019 – 5/1/2020