Caption

Oil lamp, Islamic art, Arabic culture; household ceramic oil lamp almond-shaped misbah zajti with conical handle, closed form; yellow clay modeled in two molds and glued together with impressed decorations. Decorated on the upper surface with arched lines forming a palmette-shaped composition below the olive opening; sides of the arms decorated with fine lines. Inside the ring of the foot is the Arabic inscription baraka “grace, blessing, boon”; remaining bottom surface decorated with chevron and grid patterns. Attributed to type A per W. Kubiak's typology for Al-Fustat; dated 8th–10th century; possible origin Syria or Palestine. Dimensions: height 3.4 cm, length 10.7 cm, width 6.9 cm., An oval, shallow ceramic object with a rounded protrusion on one end and a spout-like opening on the opposite end rests against a pale background; the surface is textured with carved concentric lines and geometric motifs, showing worn and rough areas, with visible shadows beneath it; the colors visible are beige, tan, light brown, dark brown, black, and gray.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A19_225

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67.0Mb (1.3Mb) / 18.7in x 13.9in / 5604 x 4179 (300dpi)

Keywords

Oil lamp Islamic art Arabic culture household ceramic oil lamp almond-shaped misbah zajti conical handle closed form yellow clay modeled two molds glued together impressed decorations Decorated upper surface arched lines forming palmette-shaped composition olive opening sides arms decorated fine lines Inside ring foot Arabic inscription baraka “grace blessing boon” remaining bottom surface decorated chevron grid patterns Attributed type W Kubiak's typology Al-Fustat dated 8th–10th century possible origin Syria Palestine Dimensions height 3.4 cm length 10.7 cm width 6.9 cm oval shallow ceramic object rounded protrusion spout- opening opposite rests pale background surface textured carved concentric lines geometric motifs showing worn rough areas visible shadows beneath colors visible beige tan light brown dark brown black gray.