A COPPER RITUAL LAMP, NEPAL, dated 1860 A.D., the lamp is standing on a flaring base, its body of ribbed design, the front set with the tear-dropped shaped oil-tank ornamented with the multi-armed Durga killing the buffalo-demon, the handle in the form of a nagaraja with its seven heads serving as canopy and the separate ladle topped with Garuda and attached with a chain to the tankard, the rim of the base inscribed, traces of gilding - Property from a private collection of Tibetan art, assembled in the 1990's - Minor wear, slightly chipped