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Lamp

Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Lamp. Red-brown fabric with a cylindrical body and straight spout, and incised and moulded decoration on the top.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Unglazed earthenware, moulded and carved
Brief description
Lamp, unglazed earthenware with moulded and carved decoration, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 10th Century
Physical description
Lamp. Red-brown fabric with a cylindrical body and straight spout, and incised and moulded decoration on the top.
Dimensions
  • Height: 3.8cm
  • Width: 12.7cm
Credit line
Given by Major W. J. Myers
Association
Bibliographic reference
For the life of Myers see R. T. Stearn, “Myers, William Joseph (1858–1899)”, The Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford, 2004)
Collection
Accession number
1813-1898

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Record createdMarch 16, 2009
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