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CollectionStraits Chinese Collection
InventarnummerB2012-0013-002-0
TitelA transparent glass oil lamp with cover(1 of 2)
BeschreibungIn European households, candles were kept in such glass jars but the Peranakans used them as oil lamps with the upturned lid functioning as oil font.
(NUS Baba House, Architecture and Artefacts of a Straits Chinese Home, Page 48)
SachgruppeLighting
MaterialGlass
Format
H: 46 cm
Dia: 17 cm
Dia: 17 cm
Credit lineGift of Agnes Tan Kim Lwi
