Bronze Lotus Lamp Stand

Lower part of the top of a bronze lamp-stand or incense burning stand; cylindrical socket surmounted by two inverted calices or clusters of drooping lotus petals supporting a shallower socket that fitted into the upper part; the lower shaft is decorated with incised parallel lines at the top and bottom; the upper socket has a small depression surrounded by a raised lip, possibly to take some sort of securing rod. Dimensions: Diameter: 2 centimetres lower socket ; Diameter: 2.80 centimetres upper socket ; Height: 8.50 centimetres; Width: 3.50 centimetres calices Object Type: lamp-stand; incense-burner Techniques: cast; incised