A BRONZE OIL-LAMP

Description:

South-India, ca. 18th ct.
H. 47 cm
The oil-lamp is cast in the shape of a female figure standing on a conical-shaped base, both her hands extending the oil-container, wearing sari, bejewelled, her face displaying a serene expression with almond-shaped eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, raised tikka on her forehead, elongated earlobes with ear-ornaments and her hair combed into a bun.
From a South German private collection, assembled in the 1960s
Partially minor wear and slightly corroded, partially small repairs and a small hole to the reverse