1977.216.3214: Greek Lamp
Lighting Devices
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1977.216.3214
- Title
- Greek Lamp
- Classification
- Lighting Devices
- Work Type
- lighting device
- Date
- 400-300 BCE
- Period
- Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/289462
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- terracotta
- Technique
- Wheel-made
- Dimensions
- 6.2 x 10.65 x 6 cm (2 7/16 x 4 3/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Gift of Oric Bates
- Accession Year
- 1977
- Object Number
- 1977.216.3214
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Wheelmade lamp with mid-volume body, flaring walls which join with rim at an acute angle, sloping rim, and relatively large filling hole surrounded by low molding. Long nozzle with splayed ends. Vertical loop handle. Low, concave base with indistinct central mark.
Orange, well-levigated fabric with black semi-matt slip. Base unslipped. Pale gray accretion covers much of nozzle and base, and exists in small patches on remainder of body.
Verification Level
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