Harvard Art Museums > 2007.104.10: Lamp with Animal Combat Scene Lighting Devices Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Lamp with Animal Combat Scene , 2007.104.10,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/175170. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2007.104.10 Title Lamp with Animal Combat Scene Classification Lighting Devices Work Type lighting device Date 175-225 CE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Unidentified Site Period Roman Imperial period, Middle Culture Roman Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/175170 Physical Descriptions Medium Terracotta Technique Mold-made Dimensions 3.6 x 6.6 x 9.2 cm (1 7/16 x 2 5/8 x 3 5/8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Walton Brooks McDaniel, New Jersey (?-1943/46) gift; to the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, (1943/46-2012) transfer; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2007. Note: Walton Brooks McDaniel gave a portion of his collection to the Department of the Classics in 1943 and the rest in 1946. The Collection is named for his late wife, Alice Corinne McDaniel. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University Accession Year 2007 Object Number 2007.104.10 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Terracotta oil lamp: heart-shaped nozzle with some charring. Slight ring base surrounded by two grooves. Curved rim decorated with molded wreath or a garland of bundled foliage tied at intervals. Low, projecting vertical pierced handle, in the rear, with grooves. The shallow central discus is decorated with molded relief of a lion attacking a bull. Stamp reading LCAESAE on the bottom. Orange buff fabric with traces of red-orange slip. Classification: D. Bailey, A catalogue of the lamps in the British Museum vol. II (British Museum Publications, 1988), Type Q. Commentary An oil lamp is a lighting device, which is fueled by oil. Roman lamps are usually made of either terracotta or bronze and are mold-made. Typically, the body is round and closed on top and there is a nozzle with a pick. Terracotta lamps are usually decorated with a wide variety of motifs. In houses, lamps may have stood on the top of a candelabrum (See: 1960.482) to light a room. The stamp found on the bottom of this lamp refers to the lampmaker Lucius Caecilius Saecularis who was active in central Italy during the mid-second and early third centuries CE (1). Notes: 1. For the stamp and lampmaker, see D. Bailey, A Catalogue of the Lamps in the British Museum, vol. II (British Museum Publications, 1988), p. 91-92. Subjects and Contexts Roman Domestic Art Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be 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
