1917.132: Lamp
Lighting Devices
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1917.132
- Title
- Lamp
- Classification
- Lighting Devices
- Work Type
- lighting device
- Date
- 800-1000
- Period
- Islamic period
- Culture
- Islamic
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/292592
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Technique
- Wheel-made
- Dimensions
- 5.7 x 10.7 x 6.6 cm (2 1/4 x 4 3/16 x 2 5/8 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Philip M. Lydig
- Accession Year
- 1917
- Object Number
- 1917.132
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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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.
Verification Level
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