- Title
- Oil Lamp
- Date Made
- 7th-8th century
- Medium
- Earthenware, molded and glazed with applied handles
- Dimensions
- 1 5/16 x 3 1/2 in. (3.33 x 8.89 cm)
- Accession Number
- M.2002.1.73
- Collecting Area
- Art of the Middle East: Islamic
- Curatorial Notes
Clay provided a cheap and easy means for mass-producing small oil lamps, and numerous examples survive from the late Roman period onward. Unlike many unglazed lamps of the same shape, this petite example, decorated with tiny roundels enclosing ducks or swans, is further embellished with a yellow glaze that approximates gold, elevating the humble clay material.
