Pearls of Wisdom: The Arts of Islam at the University of Michigan

This small ceramic oil lamp has a polygonal body and a flattened rectangular nozzle. Its clay surface is covered with a glaze that now displays an iridescent patina. Oil lamps were practical items for lustration in private homes, including those located in medieval Nishapur, Iran.

Bibliography: Wilkinson 1973, 233–234, 245, figs. 14–24.