Vases Lamp
Lamp

Lamp

1st–4th century A.D.
Discus Iconography: Unclear. Possibly a male figure standing at left, reaching toward grapes in a basket(?).

Description: Moldmade. Solid vertical round handle. Oval body. Shoulder with tendrils and grapes. Ridge with thin central groove surrounds both discus and nozzle top, leaving a narrow channel with curved sides connecting them. Nozzle with splayed rounded tip and burn marks. Underbody close to Eph. B, with two additional parallel vertical grooves on each side of basin. Large plain planta pedis.
Date
1st–4th century A.D.
Culture
Roman
Dimensions
H: 2.20 cm D: 5.10 cm
Museum
J. Paul Getty Museum
Accession Number
83.AQ.377.306
Image Source
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Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)