Lamp with Elaborate Handle
Description
Catalogue description: Culture Coptic Caption: Coptic. Lamp with Elaborate Handle, 5th–6th century C.E.. Bronze, 1 5/8 x 3 3/8 in. (4.2 x 8.6 cm) Handle: 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.133. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A bronze oil lamp with a decorative handle depicting birds.
The artifact is a bronze oil lamp with an intricate handle design featuring bird motifs. The lamp's body is rounded with a spout for the wick. The handle rises vertically from the back of the lamp and contains a series of interconnected branches and birds, showcasing skilled metalwork typically associated with utilitarian objects from the period.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.133 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9410 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
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