Buddhist Art Gallery: Kathmandu valley: photo 33
Photo 33 of 137 in Gallery: Buddhist Art Gallery: Kathmandu valley
Image title: Five-faced oil lamp
Description of the photo
This bronze sculpture shows an image of a five-faced oil lamp, from the 20th century.—Specifications: 20cm x 10cm.
The text in Devanagari reads:
न्याप्वा देवा (पञ्चवेती आरती)
Transliteration (IAST):
nyāpvā devā (pañcavetī āratī)
Plain text (initially IAST, brackets indicate Hunterian):
nyapva deva pancavati ([panchavati/panchvati/panchwati] arati)
Gallery information:
Kathmandu valley in Nepal offers a wide variety of Buddhist objects such as paintings, scriptures, sculptures, ritualistic objects, etc. Buddhism was embraced by the people of Kathmandu valley and the Licchavi rulers up to 8th century encouraged Buddhism. The items found here are exhibited in the National Museum of Nepal (Rashtriya Museum).
Photo details:
Date: 2019-11-29
Camera: SONY ILCE-6400
Exposure: 1/20
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 320
Focal length: 30mm
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Size: 2.95 MB
Resolution: 2000 x 3115
© Photograph by Gabe Hiemstra.
License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0