Nepalese Goblet-Form Oil Lamp

Tall in the stem and wide in the cup, with a collar halfway down.

This goblet-form oil lamp is from Nepal, and dates to the 19th century. It is brass. Oil lamps are lit in Hindu and Buddhist practice in Nepal, where a flame is generally offered as part of daily and festival worship. A flared bowl with a thick rolled rim tops a slender stem with a flat collar ring. The foot spreads in a plain cone. Black residue clings to the lower bowl while the rim and foot gleam warm gold. It is 1.5 inches high and 1.25 in diameter.

The collar on the stem is a nice bit of vanity.