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Bronze Lamp Biography
1media/1985.046.jpg2016-04-07T13:30:25-07:00Daniel Weitz65b7fa591e802cc4065950554bf0bae9fed1a24d85322plain2016-04-21T08:29:58-07:00Daniel Weitz65b7fa591e802cc4065950554bf0bae9fed1a24d The lamp was likely created in the 20th century in Southeast Asia, after the original Pong Tuk lamp was found in 1927. Following the reunification of the two pieces the original was found in, it is possible to imagine many artisans choosing to create copies of the lamp to sell to tourists, due to the popularity of the Pong Tuk lamp. This lamp would have been found and bought in Southeast Asia by a collector who specialized in Asian art. In 1985, the lamp was donated to the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery, and was then used in the “Up Close and Personal: Intimate Devotions and Everyday Objects in Late Antiquity” exhibit in 2015. It was then used in the this exhibit, where it would finally be deemed a copy from the 20th century based on the Pong Tuk 2nd century BC lamp.