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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2007.104.18
Title
Double Nozzle Volute Lamp
Classification
Lighting Devices
Work Type
lighting device
Date
1-50 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe
Period
Roman Imperial period, Early
Culture
Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/175535

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Mold-made
Dimensions
4.6 x 8.3 x 13.4 cm (1 13/16 x 3 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
The provenience of this lamp is unclear. It retains an old label on its base, L3, which appears to be an old classification either of McDaniel himself or, more probably, of the Classics Department. The lamp could well be an original component of the McDaniel Collection, but it appears neither in the 1970 unpublished McDaniel catalogue nor in David Mitten's 1959 HSCP article.

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
2007.104.18
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Buff fabric with mottled orange-red slip. Deep reservoir with curving sides. Flat base offset by a raised ring. Sunken discus rimmed by four bands in relief, with two bands in relief decorating the discus. Small central fill hole. Vertical pierced handle. Above handle is the broken stump of what would have been a handle-ornament. Double nozzles with attenuated volute decoration extend from body of the lamp at an approximately thirty degree angle from each other. Nozzles retain very small traces of charring.

Subjects and Contexts

  • Roman Domestic Art

Verification Level

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