Ceramic: oil lamp

One glazed green ceramic oil lamp in the form of an elongated cylinder with an attached handle. Upper part of body tapers slightly inwards before abruptly opening out into a wide shallow circular bowl with a small cut-out on one side. Lower body is attached to a broad circular dish-shaped base with a raised rim.

Rewi Alley

Part of collection Alley gave to Canterbury Museum during Museum director Roger Duff's trip to China in 1956.

132.76 x 100.56 mm (h x w)

C1956.318

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People's Republic of China (1949-)