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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1940.164
Title
Lamp
Classification
Lighting Devices
Work Type
lighting device
Date
11th-12th century
Places
Creation Place: Africa, Egypt
Period
Ghurid period
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/216577

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brass
Technique
Cast
Dimensions
H: 31.8 x estimated diam: 17 cm (12 1/2 x 6 11/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Edward W. Forbes
Accession Year
1940
Object Number
1940.164
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Cast bronze five-spouted lamp on tall stand consisting of tripod base with stylised animals' feet and faceted shaft. The forms of the spouts hark back to Roman prototypes.

Publication History

  • Eva Baer, Metalwork in Medieval Islamic Art, State University of New York Press (Albany, NY, 1983), page 14

Exhibition History

  • Islamic Art From the Collections of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 08/01/1974
  • Beyond the Surface: Scientific Approaches to Islamic Metalwork, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/21/2011 - 06/01/2013

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