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Hanukkah Lamp

Unknown Artist/Maker19th century

The Jewish Museum, New York

The Jewish Museum, New York
New York, United States

This lamp belongs to a cast group made in the Atlas Mountains whose surface is ornamented with vinework executed in thick raised lines. The enamel that fills the voids left by the raised decoration is a rare survival on Moroccan Hanukkah lamps; it is typical of work in the Central Anti-Atlas Mountains, found, for example, on rifles and daggers of the nineteenth century.

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  • Title: Hanukkah Lamp
  • Creator: Unknown Artist/Maker
  • Date Created: 19th century
  • Location: Morocco, Africa
  • Physical Dimensions: 8 × 5 3/4 × 2 3/8 in. (20.3 × 14.6 × 6 cm)
  • Type: Ceremonial Art
  • Rights: https://thejewishmuseum.org/about-this-site#terms-conditions
  • External Link: View this object at thejewishmuseum.org
  • Medium: Copper alloy: cast and enameled
The Jewish Museum, New York

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