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Byzantine Glass Lamp - GF.0232
Origin: Hebron, Israel
Circa: 400
AD
to 600
AD
Collection: Byzantine Art
Style: Byzantine
Medium: Glass
Location: United States
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| Description |
Slender and graceful, elegantly simple, this glass
lamp may have burned during the Golden Age of
Byzantium. The bulb in its base was meant to
hold a wick, while the cylindrical body held oil
and protected the flame against the wind. The
translucent glass, colored sea green, must have
cast a soft light. If we close our eyes, we can
imagine the vanished rooms warmed by its light,
the people who drew comfort from its gentle
glow. An age-old metaphor for joy, for hope, for
life itself, such a lamp survives today, as an
enduring symbol of man's desire to conquer the
darkness.
- (GF.0232)
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