Round Bronze Lamp with Large Scroll at Nozzle

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Round Bodied Metal Lamp with Large Scroll at Nozzle

cast bronze
height: 2.8 cm
length: 9.2 cm
width: 5.2 cm

Portland State University Middle East Studies Center
Bogue Lamp Collection, Lamp ID #322, PSU 045 (74)

 

Professor Anne Nicogorski, Willamette University, cited with permission

This brown, metal lamp is circular in its body. The large nozzle is scrolled on the sides and has a large wick hole. The fill hole is large and is recessed. There are holes at various points in the lamp. Shape: Round bodied lamp with disk base, slightly concave. Small circular ridge on underside. Slightly rounded body profile with flat shoulder and broad concave discus. Long extended nozzle with rounded termination and a pair of volutes flanking nozzle, tapering into ridges on sides of body. Decoration: Possible pair of concentric grooves at outer edge of discus. Inscriptions: None. Condition: Nearly complete. Three small to medium holes in reservoir, chips along edge of fill hole, tiny traces of bronze disease, over all pretty good.

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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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Metal Arts, Utilitarian Objects
Keywords: 
Lamp
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