Lamp with palm tree
Lamp with palm tree

Currently not on view

Lamp with palm tree,

450–500 CE

Early Christian, 200 - 1000 CE
y1930-463

Information

Title
Lamp with palm tree
Dates

450–500 CE

Medium
Red earthenware with red-orange slip
Dimensions
3.0 x 11.3 x 7.5 cm (1 3/16 x 4 7/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles T. Seltman
Object Number
y1930-463
Period
Early Christian
Type
earthenware, lamps (lighting devices), ceramics
Materials
earthenware, slip
Subject
rosettes, running ornament, circles (plane figures), triangles (polygons), palm trees

Formerly in the L. Seligman Collection; given to the Museum in 1930 by Charles T. Seltman

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