Folding Oil Lamp (Deng)

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Arts of Asia
Gallery 133

Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 220)

China

Status: On View, Gallery 133
Department: Arts of Asia

Title: Folding Oil Lamp (Deng)
Place: China (Artist's nationality)
Date: 206 BCE–220 CE
Medium: Bronze with incised decoration
Dimensions: 6.5 × 13 × 11.2 cm (2 1/2 × 5 1/8 × 4 3/8 in.)
Credit Line: Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection
Reference Number: 1930.907
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