LOT 225 A BRONZE HANGING LAMP
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A BRONZE HANGING LAMP, JAVA, INDONESIA, 14TH / 15TH CENTURY, in the form of an elephant standing on a plinth surrounded by four oil reservoirs, each with twin wick spouts, two further reservoirs above, held by human figures, a floral parasol at the top with elaborate suspension loop, 36cm high (including remaining chain) Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent. For a similar lamp with a figure of Garuda in the Museum of Asiatic Art (now part of Rijksmuseum), Amsterdam, see Bernet Kempers 1959, pl.307. See also Lohuizen-De Leeuw 1984, pp.170-175, for examples in the Linden Museum, Stuttgart.
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