id:			132036
accession number:	1954.597.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.597.a
updated:		2024-08-08 15:14:33.680000

Lamp , late 300s CE. Byzantium, Syria(?), Byzantine period. Silver; overall: 9.2 x 16 x 7 cm (3 5/8 x 6 5/16 x 2 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1954.597.a

title:				Lamp 
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creation date:			late 300s CE
creation date earliest:		300
creation date latest:		399
current location:		104 Late Antiquity
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Byzantium, Syria(?), Byzantine period
technique:	silver
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Byzantine
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 9.2 x 16 x 7 cm (3 5/8 x 6 5/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2007-05-10T00:00:00
	<i>Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. National Museum of Bavaria, Munich, Germany (May 10-September 16, 2007); J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (October 30, 2007-January 20, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 13-June 7, 2009).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Bavarian Nationalmuseum, Munich (5/10/2007 - 9/16/2007), the J. Paul Getty Musuem, Los Angeles (10/30/2007 - 1/20/2008) and Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN (2/13/2009 - 6/7/2009): "Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art"', 'opening_date': '2007-05-10T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	reportedly found near Latakia, Syria.  (Milton Girod, Sarthe, France).
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 52
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n24

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 37
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n61

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 37
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n59

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 35
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n55

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Holger A. Klein<em>. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 46-47, no. 6
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IMAGES

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