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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1932.56.76
Title
Lamp with Spies carrying Grapes
Classification
Lighting Devices
Work Type
lighting device
Date
400 - 500 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Tunis
Period
Roman Imperial period, Late, to Early Byzantine
Culture
Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/288176

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Mold-made

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Dr. Harris Kennedy, Milton, MA (by 1932), gift; to the William Hayes Fogg Art Museum, 1932.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. Harris Kennedy, Class of 1894
Accession Year
1932
Object Number
1932.56.76
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Commentary
Lamp on right in image

Exhibition History

  • Early Christian and Byzantine Art, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, 04/24/1947 - 07/01/1947
  • Light from the Age of Augustine: Late Antique Ceramics from North Africa (Tunisia), Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Cambridge, 04/03/2002 - 06/24/2002; Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, 06/01/2003 - 12/31/2003; Knights of Columbus Museum, New Haven, 03/27/2004 - 04/16/2005
  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/25/2015 - 01/03/2016
  • Early Christian Africa: Arts of Transformation, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/31/2019 - 01/05/2020

Subjects and Contexts

  • Roman Domestic Art

Verification Level

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