Turquoise Splash-Glazed Oil Lamp, 10th Century CE - 11th Century CE
Glazed Earthenware
6.5
LO.696
Monochrome glazed lamp covered with a dome-shaped top and a long spout rectangular in section. This is a fairly rare type. The body is almost completely covered by a dome-shaped...
Monochrome glazed lamp covered with a dome-shaped top and a long spout rectangular in section.
This is a fairly rare type. The body is almost completely covered by a dome-shaped lid attached to the lower half of the body. The only opening on it is the small filling hole. The spout is unproportionally long and deep and is always rectangular in section. The only visible decoration stands on the dome with a row of applique' bosses under the glaze.
This type of glazed lamp was popular only between the 13th century and drew inspiration from earlier bronze prototypes, datable to the 9th and 10th centuries. For a comparable example see the one in the Tarek Rajab Collection i G. Fehervari, Ceramics of The Islamic World, 2000: pl. 172, p. 140. Lamp, buff earthenware partially coated with a green glaze. This is an extremely rare and interesting example since the body itself is completely covered with a dome-shaped top that has a small knob on top which may be regarded as a handle; the filling hole is on one side of the body, the long wick hole is open. The glaze was applied only on the upper part of the body and the wick hole, while the lower part of the body is unglazed.
Central Asia, 10th – 11th century.
Prof. Geza Fehervar Prof. Geoffrey Kin
This is a fairly rare type. The body is almost completely covered by a dome-shaped lid attached to the lower half of the body. The only opening on it is the small filling hole. The spout is unproportionally long and deep and is always rectangular in section. The only visible decoration stands on the dome with a row of applique' bosses under the glaze.
This type of glazed lamp was popular only between the 13th century and drew inspiration from earlier bronze prototypes, datable to the 9th and 10th centuries. For a comparable example see the one in the Tarek Rajab Collection i G. Fehervari, Ceramics of The Islamic World, 2000: pl. 172, p. 140. Lamp, buff earthenware partially coated with a green glaze. This is an extremely rare and interesting example since the body itself is completely covered with a dome-shaped top that has a small knob on top which may be regarded as a handle; the filling hole is on one side of the body, the long wick hole is open. The glaze was applied only on the upper part of the body and the wick hole, while the lower part of the body is unglazed.
Central Asia, 10th – 11th century.
Prof. Geza Fehervar Prof. Geoffrey Kin