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Islamic Lamp

Figure 75 Lamp, 5th-6th century;
artist: Unknown Syrian;
terracotta with green glaze, Object: 3.2 × 6 × 9.5 cm (1 1/4 × 2 3/8 × 3 3/4 in.);
J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, California), 83.AQ.377.454 © The J. Paul Getty Trust. All Rights Reserved.

Object/Work🔺

  • Catalog Level:🔺 item (value type: controlled list)
  • Type:🔺 lamp (value type: authority)

Classification🔺

  • Terms:🔺
    decorative arts
    ceramics
    Islamic art (value type: controlled list)

Titles or Names🔺

  • Text:🔺 Lamp (value type: free text)
    Preference: preferred (value type: controlled list)
    Type: repository

Creation🔺

  • Creator Description:🔺 unknown Syrian (value type: free text)

  • Identity:🔺 unknown Syrian (_value type: authority)
    Role:🔺 ceramicist

  • Creation Date:🔺 5th-6th century (value type: free text)
    Earliest:🔺 401 Latest:🔺 600 (value type: controlled format)

  • Creation Place/Original Location: Syria (Asia) (value type: free text and/or controlled format)

Measurements🔺

  • Dimensions Description:🔺 4.9 x 7.5 x 10 cm (1 15/16 x 2 15/16 x 3 15/16 in.) (value type: free text)

  • Value: 4.9 Unit: cm Type: height
    Value: 7.5 Unit: cm Type: width
    Value: 10 Unit: cm Type: diameter (value type: controlled format and controlled lists)

Materials and Techniques🔺

  • Description:🔺 terracotta (value type: free text)

  • Material Name: terracotta
    Technique Name: moldmade (value type: authority)

Subject Matter🔺

  • Indexing Terms:🔺
    object (utilitarian)
    lamp
    light
    mosque
    furnishings (value type: authority)

Descriptive Note

  • Text: This is a moldmade terracotta lamp with a biconical, slightly oval body adorned with a thin, raised circular ring at midheight of its lower half. The lamp also includes a vertical, conical knob handle and a rising shoulder with a wide band marked off by thin ridges: two ridges in the inner part with dots between them and two in the outer part with an irregular small zigzag-pattern between them. The shoulder-band is decorated with large zigzag-patterns, each consisting of three parallel raised lines. On the band section, flanking the handle, are numerous small horizontal raised lines with dots between them. A wide filling-hole with a riased collar is surrounded by a deep groove connected to the wick-hole by a nozzle channel. The lamp rests on a raised circular foot. (value type: free text)

  • Citation: J. Paul Getty Museum online (value type: authority)
    Page: accessed 31 July 2024 (value type: free text)

Current Location🔺

  • Repository Name/Geographic Location:🔺 J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, California, United States) (value type: authority)
    Repository Numbers:🔺 83.AQ.377.453 (value type: free text)

NOTE: 🔺 indicates a core CDWA category.

Revised 31 July 2024
by Emily Benoff

Figure 75 Lamp, 5th-6th century;
artist: Unknown Syrian;
terracotta with green glaze, Object: 3.2 × 6 × 9.5 cm (1 1/4 × 2 3/8 × 3 3/4 in.);
J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, California), 83.AQ.377.454 © The J. Paul Getty Trust. All Rights Reserved.