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Lamp or Censer

Date:: 14th century
Culture:: North Italian
Medium:: Gilt-copper alloy, silver, enamel en ronde bosse, rock crystal
Dimensions:: Overall (with chain): 25 x 5 3/4 in. (63.5 x 14.6 cm) Overall (without chain): 16 3/16 x 5 3/4 in. (41.1 x 14.6 cm) chain length: 8 13/16 in. (22.4 cm)
Classification:: Metalwork
Credit Line:: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number:: 17.190.827

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 306

Provenance

Baron Albert Oppenheim, Cologne(until 1906); [ Jacques Seligmann, Paris and New York (sold 1906)]; J. Pierpont Morgan(1906–1913); Estate of J. Pierpont Morgan(1913–1917)
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