Standing Lamp with a Cross on a Pricket Stand, 5th century

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Standing Lamp with a Cross on a Pricket Stand, 5th century, Made in possibly Syria, Byzantine, Copper alloy, Overall: 17 3/16 x 8 3/8 x 6 7/16 in. ( x x cm), Metalwork-Copper alloy, Standing lamps decorated with crosses and supported on footed bases were common in the early Byzantine world. Bishop Theodoret of Cyrrhus in Syria (d. ca. 466) described Saint Symeon Stylites, who lived atop a column, as “this dazzling lamp, who as if placed on a lampstand, has sent out rays in all directions likes the sun

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