| Catalog Number |
CAS 0216-0240A-C |
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| Category |
Jewelry & Metalwork; Lamps |
| Object Name |
Lamp |
| Culture |
Chinese |
| Global Region |
East Asia |
| Country |
China |
| State/Prov./Dist. |
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| County |
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| Other Geographic
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| Maker's Name |
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| Date of Manufacture |
Ch'ien-lung period (1736-1797) |
| Collection Name |
Allen Collection of Lamps |
| Materials |
Metal: copper; Enamel; Glass |
| Description |
"Lady's lamp" used on dressing tables; Silver jar-shaped reservoir with screw-on wick holder sits inside hexagonal silver base whose sides are decorated with inlaid panels, alternating geometric and floral motifs; Openwork silver screen is mounted atop base and encloses neck of reservoir; Inverted conical glass chimney fits over the wick holder and rests on narrow lip around inside of openwork screen. |
| Dimensions (cm) |
Height = 10.1, Max Diam = 6.4 |