- Title
- Lampstand
- Date Made
- first half of 8th century
- Medium
- Earthenware, incised, stamped, and glazed
- Dimensions
- Height: 11 1/4 in. (28.57 cm); Diameter: 6 1/2 in. (16.51 cm)
- Accession Number
- M.2002.1.88
- Collecting Area
- Art of the Middle East: Islamic
- Curatorial Notes
The tall lampstand, which once supported a smaller oil lamp on its upper surface, is one of several types of lighting devices in the Iranian world (also see M.81.192.1a-c). This pillar-shaped ceramic example is a rare survival from the eighth century, and the longevity of its columnar form is attested by brass equivalents made eight hundred years later (see M.2002.1.10).
