Lamp with Benedictory Inscription, ca. 1200

  • Persian

Leaded brass

  • Overall: 4 5/8 × 8 1/2 × 3 3/8 inches (11.7 × 21.6 × 8.6 cm)

City of Detroit Purchase

30.438

On View

  • Islamic, Level 1, North

Department

Islamic Art

Inscribed, Kufic script, around rim.

(Arthur Upham Pope)

1930-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Persian, Lamp with Benedictory Inscription, ca. 1200, leaded brass. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 30.438.