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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.553
Title
Greek Lamp
Classification
Lighting Devices
Work Type
lighting device
Date
500-400 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Macedonia, Olynthos (Macedonia)
Period
Classical period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/290527

Physical Descriptions

Medium
terracotta
Technique
Wheel-made
Dimensions
2.15 x 6.2 x 6.05 cm (7/8 x 2 7/16 x 2 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Excavated at Olynthus.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.553
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Wheelmade lamp with shallow body, incurving walls, curved rim. Almost none of nozzle is preserved. Preserved ends of otherwise missing broad, horizontal strap handle. Low, vaguely concave base.
Orange fabric with worn, semi-glossy, black slip on interior and exterior. Base is unslipped.

Publication History

  • Fogg Art Museum, The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities, A Special Exhibition, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1961), p. 37, no. 319

Verification Level

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