The central foot (stambha) features an elephant supporting a - Lot 169

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The central foot (stambha) features an elephant supporting a - Lot 169
The central foot (stambha) features an elephant supporting a peacock, then another. On the yoni-shaped oil bowl, a stylized representation of the female genitalia, two lingams, phallic symbols of Shiva. Bronze in two interlocking parts (missing). Height: 50 cm. India. State of Chhattisgarh. 20th century. See a similar example in Flames of devotion, oil lamps from south and southeast asia and the himalayas. UCLA Fowler Museum of cultural history. Los Angeles. 2006. Fig. 20, page 91.
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