Miniature Lamp | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1978.495.156
Title: Miniature Lamp
Classification: Lighting Devices
Work Type: lighting device
Date: 525-400 BCE
Period: Archaic period to Classical
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/147085

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Terracotta
Technique: Wheel-made
Dimensions: 2.9 x 7 x 5.8 cm (1 1/8 x 2 3/4 x 2 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Information sheet in object file reads: "Received R. C. Winthrop 1869."

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University
Accession Year: 1978
Object Number: 1978.495.156
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Wheelmade lamp with relatively deep body, incurving walls, flat rim, and broad filling hole. Medium-sized, bridged, round nozzle at rim level. Small amount of charring visible around nozzle hole and edge of rim adjacent to nozzle. Low, flat base with string marks. Tool marks from finishing process visible on much of upper body.
Buff-orange fabric with pale accretion over much of body. Heavily worn. Either self- or unslipped.

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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