lamp

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Object Type
Museum number: 1865,0414.1
Description: Lamp for a stand; bronze; in the shape of a peacock, with circular foot; the spout is at the end of the tail, and the hole for filling in the back is covered by a hinged leaf-shaped lid.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 6thC-7thC
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Egypt
Materials
Dimensions: Height: 140 millimetres; Length: 146 millimetres
Curator's comments: Parallels: M. C. Ross, Catalogue of the Byzantine and Early Medieval Antiquities in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection, vol. 1 (Washington DC 1962) cat. 41 (inv. 40.21); S. D. Campbell (ed.), The Malcove Collection (Toronto 1985) cat. 47 (inv. M82.398).
Bibliographic references: Dalton 1901 / Catalogue of Early Christian Antiquities and Objects from the Christian East in the Department of British and Medieval Antiquities and Ethnography of the British Museum (509); Buckton 1994 / Byzantium: Treasures of Byzantine art and culture from British collections (120); Lamp / Catalogue of the Lamps in the British Museum (Q3605MLA); Xanthopoulou 2010 / Les lampes en bronze à l’époque paléochrétienne (LA 15.046); Ross 1960 / Byzantine Bronze Peacock Lamps
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 1989 23 Jun-31 Aug, Durham Cathedral, Anglo Saxon Connections
Subjects: bird; leaf
Acquisition name: Purchased from: George Cadogan, 3rd Earl Cadogan (Sale); Purchased through: George Eastwood
Acquisition date: 1865
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1865,0414.1
Conservation

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