Oil Lamp Artist: Unknown

12th–13th century

Asian Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

6 11/16 in. (17 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Ann and Gilbert H. Kinney, B.A. 1953, M.A. 1954

Accession Number

2021.55.12

Geography

Java, Indonesia

Culture

Javanese

Period

Majahapit Kingdom (1293–1500)

Classification

Sculpture

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Soelaeman Pringgodigdo, by 1993 [see note 1]; sale, Christie's, Amsterdam, October 2, 2004, lot 179; sold to Ann R. Kinney and Gilbert H. Kinney (1931–2020), Washington D.C., later New York, October 4, 2004, (on loan to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2016–2021); given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2021

Note 1: According to Hugo Kreijger, Soelaeman Pringgodigdo was the Indonesian ambassador to France and Hungary, and traveled frequently to Holland; he collected in the 1970s and 1980s (email November 15, 2011).

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Bibliography
  • Bela Kelenyi and Zsuzsanna Renner, Art of Indonesia: The Collection of Soelaeman Pringgodigdo (Budapest: Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatics Arts, 1993), ill
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States

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