Antique brass standing oil lamp

Antique brass standing oil lamp with five Annapakshi and 14 deepams.

Dimensions:
Height: 35 cms
Width: 16 cms
Weight 3.10 kg or 6.83 pound

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From our Vintage Stock - Handcrafted from excellent quality brass, this vintage oil lamp or Vilakku with an exquisitely crafted annapakshi showing off its full plumage and 14 grooves for lighting the wicks dipped in oil is mounted on an elegantly crafted slim brass pillar with smooth contours by artisans from the South India.

Using the renowned process of metal casting following century old traditions, the round drip pan sits upon a round base at the bottom. The bird, annapakshi, is the harbinger of good luck is the epitome of grace and beauty.

Such Lamps or Deepam or Vilakkus as they are traditionally called are usually handed over from one generation to the next signifying as per the Hindu tradition.