Oil lamp

Details

• Title

  Oil lamp

• Associated place

  Asia › Iran (place of creation)

• Date

  10th century (AD 901 - 1000)

• Material and technique

  earthenware, with painting in white and brown slips under a yellow glaze

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › earthenware

• Technique index

  covered › coated › painted;

  slipped;

  glazed

• Object type

  lighting equipment › lamp › oil-lamp

• Dimensions

  5 x 13.6 x 7.6 cm max. (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Denis Wright, 2005.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA2005.36

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