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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2007.104.9
Title
Lamp with Actor's Mask
Classification
Lighting Devices
Work Type
lighting device
Date
75-150 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Unidentified Site
Period
Roman Imperial period
Culture
Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/175162

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Mold-made
Dimensions
5 x 7.5 x 10.45 cm (1 15/16 x 2 15/16 x 4 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Walton Brooks McDaniel, New Jersey (?-1943/46) gift; to the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, (1943/46-2012) transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

Note: Walton Brooks McDaniel gave a portion of his collection to the Department of the Classics in 1943 and the rest in 1946. The Collection is named for his late wife, Alice Corinne McDaniel.



Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University
Accession Year
2007
Object Number
2007.104.9
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Buff fabric with reddish chocolate brown slip. Flat bottom enclosed by groove. Dish-shaped reservoir, rounded rim with two ridges enclosing the depressed central discus. The discus is decorated with an actor's mask in relief with a long wig incised with vertical lines, a furrowed brow, exaggerated eyes, and a large, open mouth. Filling hole, to the viewer's left of the mask, cuts off right tip of wig. Small air hole at edge of discus in line with nozzle hole. Rounded semi-circular nozzle. C OPPI RES stamped on bottom; this refers to C Oppius Restitus. Cracking along both sides of handle to middle of base.



Subjects and Contexts

  • Roman Domestic Art

Verification Level

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