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Oil lamp, Islamic art, Arabic culture, household ceramics, Arabic pottery, oil lamp, geometric ornament, Arabic inscriptions, everyday life in the Middle East. Decorated with geometric patterns over the surface inside the ring of the baraka foot. Yellow clay, modeled in two molds and glued together; impressed decorations. Almond-shaped lamp misbah zajti with a conical handle; closed form. Upper part decorated with arched lines forming a palmette-shaped composition below the olive opening; sides of the arms decorated with fine lines. On the bottom, within the foot, the word baraka grace, blessing, boon. Remaining surface of the bottom decorated with chevron and grid patterns. Classified as type A in W. Kubiak's typology for Al-Fustat M. Redlak. 8th–10th century. Possible origin: Syria or Palestine. Dimensions: height 3.4 cm, length 10.7 cm, width 6.9 cm., An oval, shallow carved object made of a beige to light brown material with a rough, weathered texture rests against a plain light gray background; it has a central rounded opening surrounded by concentric carved ridges and a raised knob near one edge, with a pointed end that shows a darker, charred-looking area, and the surface is decorated with repeating carved linear and curving patterns in the same beige and light brown tones.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A19_224

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

67.0Mo (1.3Mo) / 47.4cm x 35.4cm / 5604 x 4179 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Oil lamp Islamic art Arabic culture household ceramics Arabic pottery oil lamp geometric ornament Arabic inscriptions everyday life Middle East Decorated geometric patterns surface inside ring baraka foot Yellow clay modeled two molds glued together impressed decorations Almond-shaped lamp misbah zajti conical handle closed form Upper part decorated arched lines forming palmette-shaped composition olive opening sides arms decorated fine lines bottom within foot word baraka grace blessing boon Remaining surface bottom decorated chevron grid patterns Classified type A W Kubiak's typology Al-Fustat M Redlak 8th–10th century Possible origin Syria Palestine Dimensions height 3.4 cm length 10.7 cm width 6.9 cm oval shallow carved object beige light brown material rough weathered texture rests plain light gray background central rounded opening surrounded concentric ridges raised knob near edge pointed darker charred-looking area surface decorated repeating linear curving patterns light brown tones.