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Ner Tamid (eternal lamp)

Syria (Damascus)LinkedCulture matchlcp-c6d3323a6948

Date: late 19th–early 20th century
Medium: Brass, silver inlay
Department: Asian Art
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID: 97960

European tourists visiting the Near East capitals of Cairo, Damascus, and Jerusalem vied for souveniers of beautiful inlaid metalwork of the Mamluk era (1250-1570), generating a 19th century revival of the style that lasted until WWI. This elaborately engraved and silver inlaid oil lamp was crafted by a series of craftsmen using the same techniques as the Mamluks and may have been used as a synagogue lamp. Syria, Asia

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Credit line: Gift of Charlotte Karlen

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