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ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Slipper Lamp with Palm Branch

AAT Object Form/Functionlamps (lighting devices)

AAT Object Techniquemolding (forming)

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
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, October 14, 2024 - Present
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

On view

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