Bidspirit auction | Islamic Three-Spouted Oil Lamp
Islamic Three-Spouted Oil Lamp - 19th century or earlier A bronze oil lamp in 12th-13th century AD style, comprising a central bulb reservoir and three radiating nozzles each with a leaf-shaped lip, central filler hole, ellipsoid handle to the rear with aviform thumb-pad. 256 grams, 12.5cm (5”). Fair condition, lid absent. Provenance Property of a London gentleman; acquired London art market, 1970-1980. Literature See Fehérvári, G. Islamic Metalwork of the Eighth to the Fifteenth Century in the Keir Collection, London, 1976.