ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art
Slipper Lamp with Palm Branch
Place CreatedAsia
PeriodByzantine Rule
Date6th Century CE
MediumClay
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Max Schloessinger
DimensionsMaximum: 1 1/4 × 3 1/4 × 2 1/4 in. (3.2 × 8.3 × 5.7 cm)
Object number1964.035
Label TextThe slipper-shaped lamp, with molded decoration on the rim and nozzle, was characteristic of the Byzantine and Islamic periods.Exhibition HistoryA Preview of the Collections, Schatten Gallery, February 15 - April 4, 1982
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - February 12, 2018
Published ReferencesEmory University Museum of Art and Archaeology: A Preview of the Collections (Atlanta: The Museum, 1982), 8.
ProvenanceEx coll. Dr. Harry G. Friedman (ca. 1882-1965), New York, New York, purchased from New York art market, 1937. Ex coll. Dr. Miriam Schaar Schloessinger (1880-1972), New York, New York, gifted from Friedman.
Status
Not on viewCollections
- Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
6th Century CE
7th-9th Century CE
7th-8th Century CE
12th-14th Century CE
1837-1539 BCE
5th-6th Century CE
6th-7th Century CE
4th Century CE
late 6th Century BCE
