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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.556
Title
Greek Lamp
Classification
Lighting Devices
Work Type
lighting device
Date
400-300 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Macedonia, Olynthos (Macedonia)
Period
Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/290544

Physical Descriptions

Medium
terracotta
Technique
Wheel-made
Dimensions
3.1 x 8 x 5.6 cm (1 1/4 x 3 1/8 x 2 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Information sheet in object folder identifies the original provenance of this object as Olynthus.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.556
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Wheelmade lamp with mid-volume, ovoid body. Rim, in two facets, slopes toward broad filling hole. Long, flat-topped, rounded nozzle chipped at tip. Horizontal strap handle broken away at join with body. Low, flat base.
Buff-orange micaceous fabric with weathered, matt, black slip. Base unslipped. Some chipping around rim.

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. 325

Verification Level

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