ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art
Lamp
AAT Object Form/Functionlamps (lighting devices)
AAT Object Techniquemolding (forming)
Place CreatedAsia
CultureIslamic
Date7th-9th Century CE
MediumClay
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Boone M. Bowen
Dimensions4 1/8 x 2 3/8 in. (10.5 x 6 cm)
Object number1968.242
Label TextThe slipper-shaped lamp, with molded decoration on the rim and nozzle, was characteristic of the Byzantine and Islamic periods.Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - February 12, 2018
ProvenanceEx coll. Boone M. (1899-1987) and Julia (1898-1984) Bowen, Atlanta, Georgia.
Status
Not on viewCollections
- Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
7th-8th Century CE
7th-8th Century CE
12th-14th Century CE
6th-mid 7th Century CE
6th Century CE
6th Century CE
2300-2000 BCE
late 6th Century BCE
10th-11th Century CE
10th-11th Century CE
10th-11th Century CE
10th-11th Century CE
