Globe Shaped Terracotta Lamp with Pedestal Base and Green Glaze

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Globe Shaped Terracotta Lamp with Pedestal Base and Green Glaze    

terracotta: wheel-made, fabric: gritty, fine buff clay
height 7.8 cm
length 11.2 cm
width 7.2 cm

Portland State University Middle East Studies Center
Bogue Lamp Collection, Lamp ID #89, PSU 194 (200)

 

Professor Anne Nicogorski, Willamette University, cited with permission

This bowl-shaped lamp, with an imperfect dark green glaze and pedestal base, was definitely wheel turned. The long, open nozzle is broken at the end. Part of the funnel neck is missing along with part of the loop handle. Shape: Lamp has disk base, slightly concave on underside; round body with globular profile; raised ridge at juncture of body and neck; neck is broken away and flares upward; vertical ring-shaped handle attached to neck; long open spout extends from body. Decoration: Glossy green slip covering top, inside of spout, and inside of neck; drips down to lower body; lower body mostly unglazed. Inscriptions: None. Condition: At least 3/4 complete; end of spout broken away; top of neck and handle also missing; slightly worn; minor body chips; some encrustation. 

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Portland State University Middle East Studies Center - Public Access
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Portland State University Middle East Studies Center
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Ceramics, Utilitarian Objects
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Lamp
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