GOLD BUTTER LAMP

　　清（公元１６４４-１９１１年）QING DYMASTY （１６４４-１９１１）

　　高３３口径３０底径２５厘米HEIGHT ３３CM DIAMETER OF MOUTH ３０CM DIAMETER OF FOOT ２５CM

　　收藏单位：布达拉宫管理处POTALA PALACE COLLECTION

　　在藏传佛教的寺院中和信徒的家中的佛龛前，一年四季都供奉着爱莫能助和酥油做燃料的长明灯，称之为酥油灯。酥油灯一般为金、银、铜、陶瓷等铸制而成，品类繁多，常见的有格桑式和土登式。所谓的格桑式就是七世达赖喇嘛格桑嘉措时期限流行的式样，土登式则是十三世达赖嘛土登嘉措时期流行的式样。这件酥油灯用纯金打造，雍容华贵，璀璨夺目。

　　IN FRONT OF BUDDHIST SHRINES IN A BUDDHIST OR AT A BUDDHIST`S HOME ，THERE IS ALWAYS A LAMP LIT ALL YEAR ROUND 。SUCH A LAMP IS CALLED A BUTTER LAMP NAMED AFTER THE FUEL IT USES 。THE BUTTER LAMP IS USUALLY GOLD ，SILVER、BRONZE 、OR CERAMIC ，THERE ARE VARIOUS TYPES ，BUT THE MOST COMMON TWO ARE BSKAL-BZANG AND THUB-BSTAM 。THE FORMER WAS POPULAR DURING THE PERIOD OF THE SEVENTH DALAI LAMA BSKAL-BZANG-RGYA-MTSHO ，AND THE LATTER DURING THE PERIOD OF THE THIRTEENTH DALAI LAMA THUB-BSTAN -RGYA-MTSHO 。THIS PIECE ，MADE OF PURE GOLD ，IS ELEGANT AND BRILLIANT 。