Lamp | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1920.44.20
Title: Lamp
Classification: Lighting Devices
Work Type: lighting device
Date: 600-200 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Cyprus
Period: Archaic period to Hellenistic
Culture: Cypriot
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/292490

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: 3 x 13.4 x 13.7 cm (1 3/16 x 5 1/4 x 5 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920.

Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Misses Norton
Accession Year: 1920
Object Number: 1920.44.20
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Wheel-made lamp of open shape. Broad, flat dish shape. Flat base with some string marks. Underside walls flare outwards to create a shallow reservoir. Broad rim with narrow ridge defining rim from reservoir. Pinched nozzle.

Orange-buff fabric with with dark sandy inclusions. Chalky yellowish slip. Significant charring at nozzle.

Exhibition History

32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/22/2016 - 01/08/2017

Verification Level

This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

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1920.44.20: Lamp