Oil lamp

Museum number:
9-20453
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4597
Description:
Oil lamp, bronze; shallow tear drop shape bowl, with flat rim; engraved circle design on rim; three footed; ring handle at wide end of bowl; eroded perforation at mid point near rim; Length circa 18.0 centimeters X Width 8.4 centimeters X Height 4.6 centimeters.
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 1 of 2 titled Oil lamp, accession number 9-20453, described as Oil lamp, bronze; shallow tear drop shape bowl, with flat rim; engraved circle design on rim; three footed; ring handle at wide end of bowl; eroded perforation at mid point near rim; Length circa 18.0 centimeters X Width 8.4 centimeters X Height 4.6 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Oil lamp, accession number 9-20453, described as Oil lamp, bronze; shallow tear drop shape bowl, with flat rim; engraved circle design on rim; three footed; ring handle at wide end of bowl; eroded perforation at mid point near rim; Length circa 18.0 centimeters X Width 8.4 centimeters X Height 4.6 centimeters.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Oil lamp, accession number 9-20453, described as Oil lamp, bronze; shallow tear drop shape bowl, with flat rim; engraved circle design on rim; three footed; ring handle at wide end of bowl; eroded perforation at mid point near rim; Length circa 18.0 centimeters X Width 8.4 centimeters X Height 4.6 centimeters.

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