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Byzantine (Artist)
602-610 (Late Antique)
silver
(Byzantium and Early Russia)

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[Stamp] Five stamps appear on the bottom of the lamp

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.

[Excavated in Syria, 1908-1910]; Tawfic Abucasem, Hama and Port Said, ca. 1913, by purchase; Joseph Brummer, Paris, ca. 1928, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

1986 Silver Treasure from Early Byzantium. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
1947 Early Christian and Byzantine Art. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore.

Conservation

Date Description Narrative
4/1/1947 Treatment cleaned; coated
6/9/1959 Examination other
10/1/1959 Treatment cleaned; coated
1/12/1985 Technical Report examined for technical study
7/19/1985 Treatment cleaned
9/19/1986 Treatment other
2/19/1988 Examination technical study
2/20/1988 Treatment examined for technical study
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Geographies

(Place of Origin) Syria, Kurin (Place of Discovery)

Measurements

5 13/16 x 6 1/2 in. (14.8 x 16.5 cm) (h. x diam.);
rim: 6 7/16 in. (16.3 cm) (diam.);
foot: 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm) (diam.)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, 1929

Location in Museum

Centre Street: Third Floor: Early Byzantine Art

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

57.640

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  • Wednesday—Sunday: 10 a.m.—5 p.m.
  • Thursday: 1–8 p.m.
  • Monday—Tuesday: Closed

Location

600 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD
21201

Phone

410-547-9000

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