A BERBER KABYLES TERRACOTTA MESBAH OIL LAMP

A BERBER KABYLES TERRACOTTA MESBAH OIL LAMP

ALGERIA, 19TH CENTURY

the four wicks between a pair of urns above a drip-pan, with a baluster stem and spreading foot, with red, white and black oxide and slip decoration

40cm high

Provenance

The F. W. Robins Collection.

Literature

F. W. Robins, The Story of the Lamp (and the candle), pl. xxiv, (b), 11.

Catalogue Note

For a similar Mesbah please see the Victoria and Albert Museum accession number 31:48-1868.