A Glass hanging lamp, Persia, circa 8th-9th century

the yellowish glass of cylindrical form with flat base and a short shoulder rising to a long neck, with six applied handles with suspension loops, further suspension loops around the shoulder, the handles and body decorated with applied vertical trails

A similar eighth- to early ninth-century hanging lamp is in the al-Sabah collection, see Carboni 2001, p.166, cat. no.38a. The David Collection has a tenth- to eleventh-century hanging lamp with similar applied trails, see von Folsach 2001, p.215, no.328. There is a further example published in Riyadh 1985, no.193, pp.160-161.