Round Terracotta Lamp with Green Glaze

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Round Bodied Terracotta Lamp with Green Glaze

terracotta: wheelmade, fabric: fine gritty clay
height 2.9-4 cm
length 7.8 cm
width 5.5 cm

Portland State University Middle East Studies Center
Bogue Lamp Collection, Lamp ID #294, PSU 164 (182)

 

Professor Anne Nicogorski, Willamette University, cited with permission

This low, bowl-shaped lamp has an emerald green glaze and appears to have been wheel-turned. The handle is a crude pyramidal type. The wide, open nozzle has been broken at the end. Shape: Round bodied lamp with slightly concave base; sloping lower body; straight side walls; sloping shoulder; large central fill hole; long extended open nozzle; solid vertical pyramidal handle, folded on top, opposite nozzle. Decoration: Glossy bright green glaze, unevenly applied, covering most of body and handle, not really covering spout. Inscriptions: None. Condition: Body and handle mostly complete; end of nozzle broken off; minor chips; worn.

 

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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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