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Identification and Creation

Object Number
45.1908
Title
Lamp
Classification
Lighting Devices
Work Type
lighting device
Date
50 BCE-25 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe
Period
Roman Republican period, Late, to Early Imperial
Culture
Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/293503

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Mold-made
Dimensions
12.1 × 6.3 cm (4 3/4 × 2 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Lent by the Misses Katherine B. and Mary D. Upham, March 14, 1908.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from Estate of Donald Upham and Mrs. R. U. Hunter
Object Number
45.1908
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Tear-shaped, slightly raised, flat base. Deep reservoir. Narrow rim slopes inward and consists of three ridges. Discus is funnel-shaped with a central filling hole surrounded by a large, thinly-petalled rosette. Decorative, bowtie-shaped lug at left side of rim. Long nozzle flares at end and terminates in a straight edge. Channel interrupts rim and extends to nozzle hole.

Handle and tip of nozzle are heavily repaired or restored.

Subjects and Contexts

  • Roman Domestic Art

Verification Level

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