Lighting DevicesChinese1st century BCE

Oil Lamp in the Form of a Ring Supported by the Leg and Webbed Foot of a Duck or Goose

dated to 65 BCE

Classification

Lighting Devices

Medium

Cast bronze; with engraved inscription dated to 65 BC (Yuankang yuan nian) on the underside of the ring

Culture

Chinese

Period

Han dynasty, Western Han period, 206 BCE-9 CE

Century

1st century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 13.8 x Diam. 11.5 cm (5 7/16 x 4 1/2 in.)

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