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Lamp (3/4 from above)
Unknown
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Description: Leaf and handle cast in one. Flat tulip-shaped ornament handle with knob on central petal, ring behind. Biconvex body, rounded rim. Thick raised ring, made separately and attached, surrounding large filling-hole. Long volute-nozzle with spade-shaped tip and small wick-hole; at junction of nozzle and rim, two volute-knobs pierced for suspension. Raised wide base-ring, central button.
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Details
- Title: Lamp (3/4 from above)
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 1st century A.D.
- Location Created: Turkey
- Physical Dimensions: 4 × 4.1 × 10.5 cm (1 9/16 × 1 5/8 × 4 1/8 in.)
- Type: Lamp
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Bronze
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 83.AQ.377.498
- 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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