Condition: patina of use.
Height: 22cm, diameter 15cm. Weight: 1481g.
Tibetan Buddhism considers light as an element filling the universe at different levels. It is supposed to bring the deceased to the higher spheres of happiness, it is one of the pleasant consequences of life after death.
It is a very important offering during Tibetan rituals. Buddhists use yak butter and fill these butter lamps by inserting a wick.