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Lamp (Main View)

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The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

Discus Iconography: Orpheus sitting on a rock in three-quarter view to right, tree behind him, playing the lyre to four listening animals; clockwise from top of discus: bird (possibly duck), doe or deer, sheep, and dog; a small child, partly cut by filling-hole, sits on a stool watching Orpheus.

Description: Moldmade, from plaster mold. Ring handle with one central groove on both parts. Slightly outward-sloping shoulder with a row of ovolos, separated from discus by a ridge and two circular grooves. Central filling-hole. Heart-shaped nozzle with burn marks. Vague base-ring. Small plain planta pedis.

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  • Title: Lamp (Main View)
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: 1st century B.C.–4th century A.D.
  • Location Created: Anatolia
  • Physical Dimensions: 3.6 × 9.5 × 13.1 cm (1 7/16 × 3 3/4 × 5 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.377.414
  • 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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