Vases Lamp
Lamp

Lamp

1st–4th century A.D.
Discus Iconography: Big bear biting the shoulder of a bestiarius crouching on the ground, hiding his face in his hands; in the foreground a whip, the dying man's only weapon.

Description: Moldmade. Ring handle with two grooves on upper part, one on lower. Shoulder: Loeschcke form VIII b, with knotted laurel-wreath decor. Filling-hole lower left. Air hole at lower edge of discus. Heart-shaped nozzle; striated band underneath. Circular base with a wide band marked off by two grooves; a third inner narrower one; on the band, three evenly spaced ovo-patterns.
Date
1st–4th century A.D.
Culture
Roman
Dimensions
H: 3.00 cm D: 8.00 cm
Museum
J. Paul Getty Museum
Accession Number
83.AQ.377.198
Image Source
getty_cc0
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)