1917.133: Lamp
Lighting Devices
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1917.133
- Title
- Lamp
- Classification
- Lighting Devices
- Work Type
- lighting device
- Date
- 800-1000
- Period
- Islamic period
- Culture
- Islamic
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/292544
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Technique
- Wheel-made
- Dimensions
- 5.3 x 11.4 x 7.8 cm (2 1/16 x 4 1/2 x 3 1/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Philip M. Lydig
- Accession Year
- 1917
- Object Number
- 1917.133
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Wheel made lamp. Slightly raised round base. Open, dish-shaped body, taller at nozzle end. Dish edge curves inward. Pinched nozzle. High loop handle.
Orange fabric with vitreous lightish-green glaze. Charring at tip of nozzle. Several chips on surface.
Verification Level
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