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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Lamp with Vegetal Decoration
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Lamp with Vegetal Decoration

Possible OriginAsia
CultureIslamic
Date7th-8th Century CE
MediumClay
DimensionsMaximum: 2 × 3 3/8 × 2 3/4 in. (5.1 × 8.6 × 7 cm)
Object numberX.0017
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
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
7th-8th Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
7th-9th Century CE
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12th-14th Century CE
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6th-mid 7th Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
2300-2000 BCE
© Bruce M. White, 2009.
late 6th Century BCE