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Lou Rui Tomb: Oil Lamp

CHINA, Shanxi, Taiyuan; Northern Qi dynasty (550–577); Earthenware; H: 50.2 cm; Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology, Taiyuan, China
This oil lamp was excavated from the tomb of Lou Rui near Taiyuan in 1980. Lou Rui was a cousin of the emperors of the Northern Qi dynasty who died in 570.
　 The base of the lamp has a bead pattern at the bottom followed by inverted lotus petals. The lamp stand is long and narrow with four drooping lotus flowers at the bottom, a protruding squashed sphere, followed by four lotus leaves. The bowl is decorated with lotus leaves, and floral and scroll leaf patterns. Around the rim there is a bead pattern.

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