Lighting DevicesIslamic9th-10th century

Lamp

800-1000

Description

Wheel made lamp. Low, flat, round base. Walls curve around to create a shallow, pancakey reservoir. Flat rim with wide, circular filling hole. Long, thin nozzle with open channel connecting filling hole to tip of nozzle. Loop handle rises above rim. Unable to determine color of fabric. Deep green vitreous glaze, beginning to deteriorate to irridescent in spots. Charring at tip of nozzle. Some grey accretion on handle and underside of body.

Classification

Lighting Devices

Technique

Wheel-made

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Islamic

Period

Islamic period

Century

9th-10th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

5.7 x 10.7 x 6.6 cm (2 1/4 x 4 3/16 x 2 5/8 in.)

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