Ancient Persian Khurasan Islamic Engraved Calligraphy Bronze Oil Lamp c.1200 Drawings & Prints The silver gilt interior having

The silver gilt interior having a pierced and engraved hinged cover which would have received a sponge with aromatic scent to smell

The resulting works were purchased by Pavel Tretyakov and the Imperial Family

to the base is another bas relief an East Indian scene with gilded bronze figures holding muskets and spears

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Asti was born in Milan and immigrated to Ohio

Ancient Persian Khurasan Islamic Engraved Calligraphy Bronze Oil Lamp c.1200 Drawings & Prints The silver gilt interior havingA 12th Century Islamic bronze oil lamp, Eastern Persia, Khurasan. The cast bronze body of compressed globular form, raised on a trumpet shaped foot, the hinged cover with a sculpted bird finial and there is a corresponding finial to the loop handle. The lamp having twin spots to receive two wicks and therefore two lights, the top of the lamp decorated with a band of calligraphy, the base with engraved decoration. There is oxidization to the surface