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CAS 0216-0024 | |
| Category | Lamps; Pottery | |
| Object Name | Lamp | |
| Culture | Chinese | |
| Global Region | East Asia | |
| Country | China | |
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| Date of Manufacture | Sung Dynasty (960-1279 CE) | |
| Collection Name | Allen Collection of Lamps | |
| Materials | Clay; Glaze | |
| Description | Two tiered oil lamp with pale green glaze from the Sung Dynasty; Inverted conical base with raised triangular pattern is hollow and supports dish shaped drip basin; Tall, tubular pedestal rises from drip basin to support smaller, but similarly shaped reservoir at top; Exterior sides of reservoir and drip basin and lower half of base are all decorated in embossed pattern of contiguous triangles. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 10.5, Max Diam = 7.4 | |