Lamp Item Number: Edz4723 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Two part stoneware lamp. (Note: part a is numbered Edz4723 a, whereas part b has the accession number 682/2 b on it.) Part a is a shallow dish that is glazed grey on its interior . Part b is green lead-glazed and is shaped like a candlestick. The base is dish-like with pedestal protruding from the centre; the pedestal has a raised band around at the centre and at the top flares into another small dish-like area; three small knobs at regular intervals on the rim; a small hole is in the centre top.
History Of Use
Oil-burning lamps of this type were used in shrines and temples as one aspect of worshipping gods and ancestors. By 1980, when this lamp was collected in Vancouver’s Chinatown, most people used red electric lights instead of oil lamps.
Narrative
Although this oil lamp was collected in Vancouver’s Chinatown, it would have been made in China. Temples in Hong Kong often still had oil lamps, and worshippers donated money for “incense and oil”.
Item History
- Made in China
- Collected in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada during 1980
- Owned by Elizabeth L. Johnson before November 17, 1980
- Received from Elizabeth L. Johnson (Donor) on November 17, 1980
What
Who
- Culture
- Chinese
- Previous Owner
- Elizabeth L. Johnson
- Received from
- Elizabeth L. Johnson (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- China
- Collected in
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- during 1980
- Ownership Date
- before November 17, 1980
- Acquisition Date
- on November 17, 1980
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0682/0002 a-b