Oil Lamp

CultureJewish
Titles
  • Oil Lamp
Date400–600 AD
PlaceMediterranean
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 7 9/16 × 7 1/16 × 4 7/8 in. (19.2 × 17.9 × 12.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Ali and Hicham Aboutaam, the Stanford and Joan Alexander Foundation; the Scott J. Atlas Philanthropic Fund; the Becker Family Foundation; Jerry E. and Nanette Finger; Mr. and Mrs. Morris Glesby; Drs. Ellin and Robert G. Grossman; Punkin and Walter Hecht; Jerome Kaplan; the Joan and Marvin Kaplan Foundation; Velva G. and H. Fred Levine; the Joe Levit Family Foundation; Irvin Levy and Joan Schnitzer Levy; Barbara and Barry Lewis; Rabbi David Lyon; Mr. and Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis; the Medallion Foundation; Regina J. Rogers in memory of Julie and Ben Rogers and in honor of Frances and Peter Marzio; Mr. and Mrs. Jerry R. Rubenstein; the Samuels Foundation; Beth, Michael, Nicholas, and Zachary Schneider in honor of Rosalyne S. Bernstein; Jeffrey A. Shankman; Marc and Jeri Shapiro; Shirley and David Toomim; Rabbi Roy Walter; the Diana and Conrad Weil, Jr. Family Foundation; Marcy Taub Wessel; the Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Family Foundation; Kay and Fred Zeidman; and Nina and Michael Zilkha in honor of their son Daniel's bar mitzvah
Object number2005.351.A-.C
Not on view

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Department
Antiquities
ProvenancePrivate collection of Dr. R. Lévy, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, prior to 1980; [M. Ansermet, Switzerland, by 2003]; purchased by [Phoenix Ancient Art, New York/Geneva, 2003–2005]; purchased by MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition History"The Marzio Years: Transforming the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1982–2010," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 25, 2020–January 10, 2021.

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