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Standing Lamp with a Cross on a Pricket Stand

5th century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 301
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.”

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Standing Lamp with a Cross on a Pricket Stand
  • Date: 5th century
  • Geography: Made in possibly Syria
  • Culture: Byzantine
  • Medium: Copper alloy
  • Dimensions: Overall: 16 3/4 x 8 1/8 x 5 13/16 in. (42.6 x 20.7 x 14.7 cm)
    stand only: 12 11/16 x 5 13/16 in. (32.2 x 14.7 cm)
    lamp only: 5 1/16 x 8 1/8 x 4 1/8 in. (12.9 x 20.7 x 10.4 cm)
  • Classification: Metalwork-Copper alloy
  • Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1961
  • Object Number: 61.114.1a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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