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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1920.44.51
Title
Lamp
Classification
Lighting Devices
Work Type
lighting device
Date
500-400 BCE
Period
Classical period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292891

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Wheel-made
Dimensions
2.45 x 11.35 x 8.05 cm (15/16 x 4 7/16 x 3 3/16 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
1920.44.51
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, and large filling hole. Band handle at rear slopes slightly upward from the horizontal. Short, rounded, bridged nozzle. Low, flat, broad base.
Pale orange, well-levigated fabric with glossy, black slip, on interior and exterior. Slip is chipped in large patches on body. Base is self- or unslipped.

Verification Level

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