Lamp | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1977.216.3459
Title: Lamp
Classification: Lighting Devices
Work Type: lighting device
Date: 550-450 BCE
Period: Archaic period, Late, to Early Classical
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/289219

Physical Descriptions

Medium: terracotta
Technique: Wheel-made
Dimensions: 1.95 x 6.1 x 4.8 cm (3/4 x 2 3/8 x 1 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Information sheet in object file reads: "From the Estate of Theodore Dwight through Miss Harriet S. Amory, 1920", but lists the provenance as unknown.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Gift of Miss Harriet S. Amory, 1920
Accession Year: 1977
Object Number: 1977.216.3459
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Small, wheelmade lamp with relatively shallow body, flaring walls, angular shoulder, and flat, narrow rim. Broad filling hole. Small, rounded, thickly bridged nozzle retains charring at tip, around nozzle hole, and at underside. Small, flat base with string marks.
Darkish orange-tan fabric, very heavily weathered and having flaked apart in layers: Exterior surface appears cork-like. Very slight traces of a dark orange-brown slip remain.

Verification Level

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