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Lamp (3/4 view from above)
Unknown
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Discus Iconography: Erotic scene on bed; woman lying on her back to left; man kneeling and lifting the woman's leg.
Description: Moldmade, from plaster mold. Shoulder: Loeschcke form VI b. Filling-hole slightly below center of discus. Air hole at top of nozzle. Round-tipped volute-nozzle. Base marked off by one circular groove. Potter's incuse signature: COPPIRES, workshop active from Late Flavian to Hadrianic period.
Details
- Title: Lamp (3/4 view from above)
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 1st century B.C.–4th century A.D.
- Location Created: North Africa
- Physical Dimensions: 3.2 × 7.5 × 10.7 cm (1 1/4 × 2 15/16 × 4 3/16 in.)
- Type: Lamp
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Terracotta
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 83.AQ.377.401
- Culture: Roman
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
- Creator Display Name: Unknown
- Classification: Implements (Object Genre)
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