Oil lamp with monkey

Image title: Oil lamp with monkey

Description of the photo

This bronze sculpture shows an image of an oil lamp with a monkey figure.—Specifications: 16cm x 16cm.

The text in Devanagari reads:

माकः दलू

Transliteration (IAST):

mākaḥ dalū

Plain text (initially IAST, brackets indicate Hunterian):

makah dalu

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: 1/13
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 320
Focal length: 31mm

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Size: 2.56 MB
Resolution: 2058 x 2580
© Photograph by Gabe Hiemstra.
License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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