1-233-766 - The Museum of East Asian Art/Heritage Images

Gilt bronze lamp in the form of a tortoise holding an earcup, Six Dynasties period, China, 4th-5th century. A gilt bronze lamp in the shape of a tortoise holding a winged cup with extensive traces of gilding throughout the body, which is connected to the cup by a hole in the tortoise's mouth. There is a ring on each side of the body, probably meant for suspension.