Lamp

Details

  • Title

    Lamp

  • Associated place

    Egypt (place of creation)
  • Date

    10th - 12th century (AD 901 - 1200)
  • Material and technique

    earthenware, with a turquoise glaze

  • Object type

  • Dimensions

    10 x 11 cm approx. (height x width)
  • No. of items

    1

  • Credit line

    Bequeathed by F. T. Dallin, 1959.

  • Museum location

  • Museum department

    Eastern Art

  • Accession no.

    EA1959.34

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Glossary of terms

earthenware

glaze

Further reading

Mason, Robert B. J., Julia Tugwell, ‘Fatimid Tall-Necked Lamps and Their Associates: A Typology’, Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, 47, (2011), pp. 345 & 347, illus. p. 350 fig. 4

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