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Room 31 | Islamic Middle East gallery

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Oil lamp with dome-shaped lid surmounted by a birdside

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  • Oil lamp with dome-shaped lid surmounted by a bird (oblique)
  • Oil lamp with dome-shaped lid surmounted by a bird (oblique)
  • Oil lamp with dome-shaped lid surmounted by a bird (other)
  • Oil lamp with dome-shaped lid surmounted by a bird (top)
  • Oil lamp with dome-shaped lid surmounted by a bird (bottom)
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Oil lamp with dome-shaped lid surmounted by a bird

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › Iran (possible place of creation)
    Asia › Afghanistan (possible place of creation)
    Date
    10th - 11th century (AD 901 - 1100)
    Material and technique
    brass, with openwork decoration
    Dimensions
    with lid 32 cm (height)
    without lid 14.5 cm (height)
    32.5 cm (diameter)
    Material index
    processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › brass
    Technique index
    formed › cast,
    decorated › openwork
    Object type index
    lighting equipment › lamp › oil-lamp,
    sculpture › figure › figurine
    No. of items
    2
    Credit line
    Purchased with the assistance of the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund and the Friends of the Ashmolean Museum, 1983.
    Accession no.
    EA1983.27

  • Further reading

    Paris: Institut du Monde Arabe, 27 November 2012-28 April 2013, Les mille et une nuits, Elodie Bouffar and Anne-Alexandra Joyard, eds (Paris: Institut du Monde Arabe, 2012), cat. p. 392, illus. p. 251

Location

    • First floor | Room 31 | Islamic Middle East

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