Vases Lamp
Lamp

Lamp

1st century B.C.
Description: Moldmade. Wide shoulder with an inner row of tongues separated by a twisted cord from an outer downward-sloping row of small semicircles. Circular carinated flat body with large dolphin-shaped lug, pierced diagonally, rising steeply from shoulder on the left side. Slightly concave small discus, separated from the shoulder by a raised ring. Central filling-hole surrounded by a ring. Exceptionally long nozzle with a splayed spade-shaped tip; on its top, a thin U-shaped ridge, whose ends terminate in curled volutes on shoulder; torch motif between voluted ridges. Raised oval base-ring marked off by two grooves.
Date
1st century B.C.
Culture
Greek
Dimensions
H: 3.20 cm D: 7.60 cm
Museum
J. Paul Getty Museum
Accession Number
83.AQ.377.336
Image Source
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