Légende

Oil lamp, Islamic art, Arabic culture, household ceramics, Arabic pottery, oil lamp, geometric ornament, Arabic inscriptions; decorated with geometric patterns over the entire surface, inside the ring of the baraka foot. Yellow clay, formed from two molds joined 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, appears the word baraka grace, blessing. Remaining surface of the bottom decorated with chevron and grid patterns. Classified as type A according to W. Kubiak's typology for Al-Fustat M. Redlak. Date: 8th–10th century. Possible origin: Syria or Palestine. Dimensions: height 3.4 cm; length 10.7 cm; width 6.9 cm., An oval, boat-shaped clay object in beige and light tan tones with darker brown-gray shading and weathered spots rests against a pale gray background; its surface shows concentric raised ridges and carved linear patterns with repeating short diagonal incisions and curving motifs around a central, irregular oval opening that reveals a dark interior, and a small raised nub is visible near one end.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A19_226

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 decorated geometric patterns entire surface inside ring baraka foot Yellow clay formed two molds joined 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 Remaining surface bottom decorated chevron grid patterns Classified type according W Kubiak's typology Al-Fustat M Redlak Date 8th–10th century Possible origin Syria Palestine Dimensions height 3.4 cm length 10.7 cm width 6.9 cm oval boat-shaped clay object beige light tan tones darker brown-gray shading weathered spots rests pale gray background surface concentric raised ridges carved linear patterns repeating short diagonal incisions curving motifs central irregular oval opening reveals dark interior small nub visible near .