Lamp | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2007.104.14
Title: Lamp
Classification: Lighting Devices
Work Type: lighting device
Date: 375 BCE-275 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Unidentified Site
Period: Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/175555

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Terracotta
Technique: Wheel-made
Dimensions: 3 x 5 x 6 cm (1 3/16 x 1 15/16 x 2 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Part of McDaniel Collection at least since 1959: Included in David Mitten's 1959 HSCP article. Probably included in original McDaniel gift.

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: 2007.104.14
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Buff fabric with remains of a thin, light orange slip over much of body and on base. Circular base is raised and extends slightly beyond underside of lamp, forming a groove where the two meet. Underside of deep reservoir flares out before curving upward and then slightly under to form a lip around the broad filling hole. Short but wide slightly squared nozzle with charring around its edges sits at lip level.

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