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<em>House-Shaped Lamp</em>, 100-642 C.E. Terracotta, 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (12 x 8.5 x 8.5 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, 16.273. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.273_view1_ICA.jpg)
House-Shaped Lamp, 100-642 C.E. Terracotta, 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (12 x 8.5 x 8.5 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, 16.273. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.273_view1_ICA.jpg)
<em>House-Shaped Lamp</em>, 100-642 C.E. Terracotta, 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (12 x 8.5 x 8.5 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, 16.273. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.273_view1_ICA.jpg)

House-Shaped Lamp, 100-642 C.E. Terracotta, 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (12 x 8.5 x 8.5 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, 16.273. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.273_view1_ICA.jpg)

<em>House-Shaped Lamp</em>, 100-642 C.E. Terracotta, 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (12 x 8.5 x 8.5 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, 16.273. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.273_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

House-Shaped Lamp, 100-642 C.E. Terracotta, 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (12 x 8.5 x 8.5 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, 16.273. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.273_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

<em>House-Shaped Lamp</em>, 100-642 C.E. Terracotta, 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (12 x 8.5 x 8.5 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, 16.273. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.273_view2_ICA.jpg)

House-Shaped Lamp, 100-642 C.E. Terracotta, 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (12 x 8.5 x 8.5 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, 16.273. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.273_view2_ICA.jpg)

<em>House-Shaped Lamp</em>, 100-642 C.E. Terracotta, 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (12 x 8.5 x 8.5 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, 16.273. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.273_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

House-Shaped Lamp, 100-642 C.E. Terracotta, 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (12 x 8.5 x 8.5 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, 16.273. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.273_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

<em>House-Shaped Lamp</em>, 100-642 C.E. Terracotta, 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (12 x 8.5 x 8.5 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, 16.273. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.273_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

House-Shaped Lamp, 100-642 C.E. Terracotta, 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (12 x 8.5 x 8.5 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, 16.273. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.273_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

<em>House-Shaped Lamp</em>, 100-642 C.E. Terracotta, 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (12 x 8.5 x 8.5 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, 16.273. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.273_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

House-Shaped Lamp, 100-642 C.E. Terracotta, 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (12 x 8.5 x 8.5 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, 16.273. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.273_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

<em>House-Shaped Lamp</em>, 100-642 C.E. Terracotta, 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (12 x 8.5 x 8.5 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, 16.273. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.273_view3_ICA.jpg)

House-Shaped Lamp, 100-642 C.E. Terracotta, 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (12 x 8.5 x 8.5 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, 16.273. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.273_view3_ICA.jpg)

<em>House-Shaped Lamp</em>, 100-642 C.E. Terracotta, 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (12 x 8.5 x 8.5 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, 16.273. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.273_view4_ICA.jpg)

House-Shaped Lamp, 100-642 C.E. Terracotta, 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (12 x 8.5 x 8.5 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, 16.273. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.273_view4_ICA.jpg)

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House-Shaped Lamp

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Terracotta
  • Possible Place Made: Saqqara, Egypt
    • DATES 100-642 C.E.
    PERIOD Late Roman Period to Late Antique Period
    DIMENSIONS 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (12 x 8.5 x 8.5 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 16.273
    CREDIT LINE 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
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Terracotta lamp-house. Pyramidal roof terminating in pierced loop. Ribbed column at each side of front opening. Other three sides pierced with openwork designs. Condition: Entire surface weathered and chipped.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION House-Shaped Lamp, 100-642 C.E. Terracotta, 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (12 x 8.5 x 8.5 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, 16.273. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.273_view1_ICA.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.16.273_view1_ICA.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), 2007
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    <em>House-Shaped Lamp</em>, 100-642 C.E. Terracotta, 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (12 x 8.5 x 8.5 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, 16.273. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.273_view1_ICA.jpg)

    TAGS

    Christian
    Early Coptic Period
    Egypt
    Egyptian
    House
    Lamp
    Late Roman Period
    pottery
    sculpture
    Terracotta

    TAGS

    Christian
    Early Coptic Period
    Egypt
    Egyptian
    House
    Lamp
    Late Roman Period
    pottery
    sculpture
    Terracotta

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