Lamp | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1978.495.176
Title: Lamp
Classification: Lighting Devices
Work Type: lighting device
Date: 400-300 BCE
Period: Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/147471

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Terracotta
Technique: Wheel-made
Dimensions: 4.15 x 11.6 x 6.9 cm (1 5/8 x 4 9/16 x 2 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Information sheet in object file reads: "Received from Amer. Antiq. Soc., Worcester, MA".

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: 1978.495.176
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Wheelmade lamp with deep body and slightly incurving walls which are squared at join with rim. Broad, convex rim slopes down towards filling hole. Medium-sized filling hole. Long, narrow, flat-topped nozzle rounded at end. Broad strap handle, with incised ridge just below upper edge, set at slight angle above the horizontal. Low, concave base.
Light orange fabric with semi-lustrous black slip. Base unslipped. Gray accretion in patches on body.

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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