Type: Functional and Decorative Art
Name: LAMP DECORATED WITH TWO WAYANG FIGURES
Collection:
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Avenue of the Arts
465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
Culture: Javanese
Time period: About 14th century
Where it was made: Eastern Java, Indonesia
Dimensions: 15.9 x 13.9 cm (6 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
Medium or technique: Bronze
Classification: Ritual Objects
Accession number: 1973.223
Where it was made: Eastern Java, Indonesia
Dimensions: 15.9 x 13.9 cm (6 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
Medium or technique: Bronze
Classification: Ritual Objects
Accession number: 1973.223
NOT ON VIEW
Canoe-shaped lamp bowl suspended by trefoil-shaped superstructure framing two wayang (mythical theater/puppet) figures, one standing with his foot on the leg of the other, who is in a lunging posture. The bowl tapers to points at either end (where the wick is placed), with a wall dividing the bowl into two at the center. The superstructure attaches to the bowl above this wall.
Provenance: Purchased by the MFA in 1973.
Credit line: John Ware Willard Fund
Canoe-shaped lamp bowl suspended by trefoil-shaped superstructure framing two wayang (mythical theater/puppet) figures, one standing with his foot on the leg of the other, who is in a lunging posture. The bowl tapers to points at either end (where the wick is placed), with a wall dividing the bowl into two at the center. The superstructure attaches to the bowl above this wall.
Provenance: Purchased by the MFA in 1973.
Credit line: John Ware Willard Fund
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