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lamp
Object Type
lamp
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
Early Byzantine
Production date
6thC-7thC
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Egypt
Materials
bronze
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
Treatment
: 19 Oct 1994