Tall South Indian Brass Diya Oil Lamp bed 1846-1912)

1846-1912)

black slate base with bronze

with ivy climbing up the trunk

carved antique panel was once above a large doorway in the famous Jockey Club Building in Buenos Aires

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Tall South Indian Brass Diya Oil Lamp bed 1846-1912)DETAILS This unusually tall, traditional, antique Indian oil lamp is known as a diya. This attractive piece was cast in delicate fashion, with five wick holders in the oil well, and a decorative, open handle at the top. It sits atop a slender, straight column, with a key like height adjuster at the top and restrained, baluster turnings at the bottom. The whole terminates on a broad drip pan with three, small, paw feet. It makes a great accessory as