Oil lamp with triple dots

Details

• Title

  Oil lamp with triple dots

• Associated place

  Asia › Iran (north-east) (place of creation)

• Date

  10th century (AD 901 - 1000)

• Material and technique

  earthenware, with pierced decoration, covered in red slip, and with painting in black and white slips under a yellow glaze

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › earthenware

• Technique index

  slipped;

  glazed

• Object type

  lighting equipment › lamp › oil-lamp

• Dimensions

  8.4 x 12.8 x 11.4 cm max. (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1978.2119

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