Lighting DevicesCoptic1st millennium CE

Polycandelon

5th-8th century

Classification

Lighting Devices

Technique

Cast, lost-wax process

Medium

Mixed copper alloy

Culture

Coptic

Period

Byzantine period, Early

Century

1st millennium CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

diam. 57.4 cm (22 5/8 in.)

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