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Oil Lamp9th-10th century

Not on view
Small carved stone vessel with a crenellated exterior of rectangular projections forming short feet, with faint plant motifs incised on the faces, in slate gray stone with brown veining

Unknown, Oil Lamp, 9th-10th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Oil Lamp
Place Made
Iran
Date Made
9th-10th century
Medium
Soapstone, carved and incised
Dimensions
Height: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); Diameter (corner to corner): 5 1/2 in. (13.97 cm)
Credit Line
The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2002.1.669
Classification
Stone
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic

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