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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1917.134
Title
Lamp
Classification
Lighting Devices
Work Type
lighting device
Date
800-1000 ?
Period
Islamic period
Culture
Islamic
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292593

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Wheel-made
Dimensions
5.2 x 14.8 x 6.3 cm (2 1/16 x 5 13/16 x 2 1/2 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of PHILIP M. LYDIG
Accession Year
1917
Object Number
1917.134
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Wheel made lamp. Flat, unglazed base. Walls curve out tightly from base and lean slightly inward. Rim slopes moderately upward. Large, round filling hole. Very long, beak-like nozzle with open channel connecting filling hole and nozzle tip. Nozzle tip slightly squared. Ring handle springs from base and attaches at rim. Triangular vegetal handle ornament projects from top of handle.

Buff fabric with vitreous blue-green glaze. Some irridescence. Charring at tip of nozzle. Nozzle, broken at reservoir, has been reattached. Chipping on underside of nozzle, on handle, and on handle ornament.

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