Lou Rui Tomb: Oil Lamp
Earthenware
Lou Rui Tomb: Oil Lamp
CHINA, Shanxi, Taiyuan; Northern Qi dynasty
This oil lamp was excavated from the tomb of Lou Rui near Taiyuan in 1980. Lou Rui was a cousin of the emperors of the Northern Qi dynasty who died in 570.
The base of the lamp has a bead pattern at the bottom followed by inverted lotus petals. The lamp stand is long and narrow with four drooping lotus flowers at the bottom, a protruding squashed sphere, followed by four lotus leaves. The bowl is decorated with lotus leaves, and floral and scroll leaf patterns. Around the rim there is a bead pattern.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 177.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Lou Rui Tomb: Oil Lamp." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 177.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Lou Rui Tomb: Oil Lamp" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:177.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Lou Rui Tomb: Oil Lamp. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 177).
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