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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1895.243
Title
Lamp
Classification
Lighting Devices
Work Type
lighting device
Date
100-200
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Corinth? (Corinthia)
Period
Roman Imperial period
Culture
Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/293211

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
5.5 x 9.7 x 8 cm (2 3/16 x 3 13/16 x 3 1/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Professor C.E. Norton and Richard Norton
Accession Year
1895
Object Number
1895.243
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Mold made lamp. Flat, thick, minimally raised ring base with flat central area. Rounded flaring walls. Obvious join at rim. Deep reservoir. Impressed ovules around rim. Concave discus with ring of rays, ring of herringbone pattern, and several raised ridges. Central filling hole. Snub, round nozzle with lines linking it to edge of discus. Vertical, pierced handle.

Buff-orange micaceous fabric. No slip, but some brown and white accretion. Faint charring at tip of nozzle. Significant flaking/chipping around nozzle.

Subjects and Contexts

  • Roman Domestic Art

Verification Level

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