Lampe Nishapur steatite
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Lampe, Nishapur, IX-Xe siècle. Stéatite sculptée, décor incisé et gravé. This is a Vedic/Avestan lamp. The 12 nozzles meant for lighting cotton wicks (and the saucer for 'clarified butter') represent the 12 Zodiac signs. Such lamps are used for invoking 'God'. The origins of this design lies in the Vedas, specifically Yajur-Veda and such lamps are used in India even today. Source : Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET 40. 170. 121)
| Tags: | 10th-century metalwork 2004 9th-century works ancient oil lamps art made from steatite history of nishapur june |
| Credit: | No machine-readable author provided. Fabos~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims). (Public domain) · source |
| Uploaded: | Jun 4, 2004 |
