Oil lamp

Museum number:
9-20449
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4597
Description:
oil lamp, cast bronze, standing; sheave-like base with dentate bottom edge; conical shaft, surmounted by oil basing with five burner spouts; ring handle finial on top; Diameter (base) 10.1 centimeter X Height 13.3 centimeter.
Donor:
Harriet Williams
Collection place:
Iran (Persia)
Verbatim coll. place:
Iran Unspecified
Culture or time period:
Iranian
Collector:
William Neufeld
Collection date:
1993
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Oil lamps
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Oil lamp, accession number 9-20449, described as oil lamp, cast bronze, standing; sheave-like base with dentate bottom edge; conical shaft, surmounted by oil basing with five burner spouts; ring handle finial on top; Diameter (base) 10.1 centimeter X Height 13.3 centimeter.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Oil lamp, accession number 9-20449, described as oil lamp, cast bronze, standing; sheave-like base with dentate bottom edge; conical shaft, surmounted by oil basing with five burner spouts; ring handle finial on top; Diameter (base) 10.1 centimeter X Height 13.3 centimeter.

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