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Lamp

Title

Lamp

Year/Period

c.1900

Region

Rembau, Negeri Sembilan, Malay Peninsula

Dimension

Object size: XXXX-03070-001: H22.2 x Dia26.5 x Cir84.0 cm,
Object size: XXXX-03070-002: H7.8 x Dia13.0 cm

Accession No.

XXXX-03070

Collection of

Asian Civilisations Museum

This lamp was made using the ‘à cire perdue’ or lost wax brass cast technique whereby wax model of the lamp was made and clay applied to the model. After drying, the clay cast was heated which will result in the wax melting away. Molten brass was then poured into the mould to replace the ‘lost wax’. The brass was then allowed to cool and the mould broken away. The lamp was then finished with filing and polishing.