<em>House-Shaped Lamp</em>, 100–642 C.E. Terracotta, 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (12 x 8.5 x 8.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.273. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.273_view1_ICA.jpg)

House-Shaped Lamp

Medium: Terracotta

Geograhical Locations:

Dates:100–642 C.E.

Dimensions: 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (12 x 8.5 x 8.5 cm)

Collections:

Accession Number: 16.273

Image: CUR.16.273_view1_ICA.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Terracotta lamp-house. Pyramidal roof terminating in pierced loop. Ribbed column at each side of front opening. Other three sides pierced with openwork designs. Condition: Entire surface weathered and chipped.

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