Antique Oil Lamp

Antique 18th C bronze Thookku Vilakku hanging oil ghee wick lamp Kerala India AC

Antique 18th C bronze Thookku Vilakku hanging oil ghee wick lamp Kerala India AC
Antique 18th C bronze Thookku Vilakku hanging oil ghee wick lamp Kerala India AC
Antique 18th C bronze Thookku Vilakku hanging oil ghee wick lamp Kerala India AC
Antique 18th C bronze Thookku Vilakku hanging oil ghee wick lamp Kerala India AC
Antique 18th C bronze Thookku Vilakku hanging oil ghee wick lamp Kerala India AC

Antique 18th C bronze Thookku Vilakku hanging oil ghee wick lamp Kerala India AC

A hanging oil lamp from Kerala, India. For 7 flames / wicks. To be used with oil or ghee and wicks.

We recommend to use it outside the home when lit. This lamp is fully hand made and finished-off. It is cire perdu made, the lost wax method for making bronze objects. So this object is not made of brass, no machine was used.

It has its original, fully hand made, very beautiful chain. With wonderful elements and a hook with extra detail. Authentic signs of age and wear, in very good order, with authentic old, warm dark patine, brown with blakish spots, the patine is not faked, but the bronze has darkened through the years, due to well keeping and the grease causing a protection it has been prevented from oxidation, only cleaning with a brush and polishing by hand with a soft cloth gives this kind of surface. Height of the lamp excluding the chain: 14,5 cm / circa 5.7 inch. Total length including the chain: 57 cm / circa 22.4 inch.

Diameter base: 11,3 cm / circa 4.4 inch. On the last picture you can see the largest and the smallest antique Thookku Vilakku we have. These lamps are integral to several rituals and ceremonies in Hindu families in Kerala. In Hindu temples, various types of Nilavilakku like Kutthuvilakku and Thookkuvilakku are used and are very much related to the traditional beliefs and activities in Kerala.

Lighting these lamps on any occasion is believed to be auspicious. Use: usually cotton wicks doused in oil or ghee, layed in the snouts of the bowl, are used for lighting the lamp. Related terms: butter ghee oil wick Aarti Diya. Deepak Puja Pooja Arati India Indian Hindu temple porch altar votive ritual ceremonial lamp.

See our shop category: Asian antiques or Lamps. Code: antiek - india - lampen - AC.

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The Hague, The Netherlands, EU. The item "Antique 18th C bronze Thookku Vilakku hanging oil ghee wick lamp Kerala India AC" is in sale since Thursday, January 5, 2017. This item is in the category "Antiques\Asian Antiques\India". The seller is "delta98denhaag" and is located in 's-Gravenhage.

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  • Type: Lamp
  • Age: Pre-1800
  • Region of Origin: India, Kerala
  • Primary Material: Bronze
  • Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
  • Length: 22.4 inch / 57 cm
  • Specific name: Thookku Vilakku


Antique 18th C bronze Thookku Vilakku hanging oil ghee wick lamp Kerala India AC