Vase in the Form of a Lamp

Place of OriginPersia, Gurgan (Gorgan, Iran)

Dateabout 1100

DimensionsH: 5 3/4 in. (14.7 cm); Max Diam: 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm); Rim Diam: 2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm); Base Diam: 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm)

MediumGlazed earthenware.

ClassificationCeramics

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number

1971.148

Not on View

Comparative ReferencesSee also Wilkinson, Charles K., Iranian Ceramics, (exhibition: Asia House Gallery), New York, 1963, pls. 38, 60.

Tang Dynasty (618-907)

Tang Dynasty (618-907), about 725

William J. Dodd

about 1904

early 18th century

about 1700

about 1700

Robert Carston Arneson

1974

about 1700

early 18th century

Early 17th century

about 1700

18th Century

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