Frog Style Terracotta Lamp with Extended Nozzle and Frog Relief

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Frog Style Terracotta Lamp with Extended Nozzle and Frog Relief

terracotta: mold-made, fabric: fine brownish clay with some inclusion and mica. Munsell: 7.5 YR 5/4
height 3.3 cm
length 10.8 cm
width 8.5 cm

Portland State University Middle East Studies Center
Bogue Lamp Collection, Lamp ID #81, PSU 054 (82)

 

Professor Anne Nicgorski, Willamette University, cited with permission

This tan lamp is round of body with its medium, pierced nozzle protruding from it. the pierced fill hole is recessed and surrounded by the raised checkered design of a typical frog lamp. The hind feet and legs of the frog are distinguishable. Shape: Round-bodied lamp w/flat base surrounded by a shallow groove; central fill hole within concave discus; extended nozzle w/rounded termination; sharply carinated body profile. Decoration: Frog lamp. Relief decoration on top: circular ridge surrounding discus; stylized frog pattern on shoulder; tail and hind legs opposite of red slip. Inscription: None. Condition: Intact; some minor surface chips; slip mostly worn away; heavy burning around wick hole.

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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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Image reproduced with permission from Portland State University Middle East Studies Center. The institutions that house the specific Medieval Portland objects ultimately hold the rights to their image and reproduction; the images are provided here as a courtesy by those institutions and are for non-profit, educational use only.