Square Bronze Lamp with Cylindrical Neck

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Square Bronze Lamp with Cylindrical Neck

cast bronze
height 5.5 cm
length 6.9 cm
holes 2.4 cm

Portland State University Middle East Studies Center
Bogue Lamp Collection, Lamp ID #311, PSU 6619

 

Professor Anne Nicogorski, Willamette University, cited with permission

Shape: Square shaped lamp with round ring base with central boss; four nozzles at corners of square, rounded at terminations; tall body rising as cylindrical neck; large fill hole; ledge rim at top with pair of vertical basket handles, one on either side. Decoration: Possible decoration: pairs of knobs flanking each nozzle. Inscriptions: None. Condition: Basically intact; hole in underside of one nozzle; top of one handle broken away; very corroded; encrusted; white patches; bronze disease on underside.

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Portland State University Middle East Studies Center - Public Access
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Portland State University Middle East Studies Center
Category: 
Metal Arts, Utilitarian Objects
Keywords: 
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.