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Ceramic Hanukkah Lamp from Algeria

Artist Unknown

18th Century

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Oil lamp with geometric carvings.
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Places:

Ottoman Empire (Algeria)

Categories:

Ritual Objects
Decorative arts

Subjects:

Holidays
Hanukkah
Ritual objects
Ritual & observance
Maghreb
Art

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