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Solid Bronze Openwork Lamp with Christian Symbols
Circa 8th-11th Century AD
Description: Heavy cast, high-quality bronze lamp with rounded elongated body and long nozzle, with flaring tip, dished round the circular wickhole. Raised, molded rim round the filling hole, stepped internally for the lost lamp lid with hinge pieces to the rear. Elaborate double-rod handle at the rear, curving up and forward, joining and separating, terminating in an open-work decorative series of a bird surmounting two loops atop a cross. The bottom of each handle where it joins the body of the lamp is decorated with a well articulated face in profile on each side. Substantial raised base ring with a square socket for the spike in the lamp stand.
Length: 7.3 in (18.5 cm)
Condition: Intact as shown. Lamp lid and small section of right handle lost. Superb dark original patina.
Background: See Catalogue of the Lamps in teh British Museum, Vol IV, #Q3818 and Q3819 for two similar examples in the collection of the British Museum.
Provenance: Formerly in the collection of the Boston scholar Carroll Wales, collected 1952-1970.
Price: SOLD
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