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Lamp (3/4 profile from above)
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The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Discus Iconography: Two Cupids, the left one holding a rabbit by its hind legs, the right one about to strike it with a pedum. Both are nude with mantle over shoulder.
Description: Moldmade, from plaster mold. Shoulder: Loeschcke form II a. Filling-hole in upper part of discus. Voluted angular-tipped nozzle. Base marked off by one circular groove.
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Details
- Title: Lamp (3/4 profile from above)
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 1st–4th century A.D.
- Location Created: North Africa
- Physical Dimensions: 2.7 × 7.7 × 11 cm (1 1/16 × 3 1/16 × 4 5/16 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.377.136
- 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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