TXJ-221 Antique Home Decoration Relief Liuli Oil Lamp

Oil lamps are lit at traditional Chinese shrines before either an image of a deity,Buddha Statue or a plaque with Classical Chinese characters giving the name of the deity. Such lamps are usually made from clear glass or Liuli and are filled with oil. A cork or plastic floater containing a wick is placed on top of the oil with the bottom of the wick submerged in the oil.
Such lamps are kept burning in shrines, whether private or public, and incense sticks or joss sticks are lit from the lamp.
The ancient Chinese created oil lamps with a refillable reservoir and a fibrous wick, giving the lamp a controlled flame. Lamps were constructed from jade, bronze, ceramic, wood, stone, Liuli and other materials.