Lighting DevicesGreek4th century BCE
Greek Lamp
400-300 BCE
Description
Wheelmade lamp with middle volume, ovoid body. Walls flare outward at underside and curve up and around. Rim, in two facets, slopes toward medium-sized filling hole. Long nozzle with splayed ends. Vertical loop handle. Low, concave base. Buff fabric with dark brown-black, semi-lustrous slip, misfired to orange just below handle and in patches on underside. Base unslipped. Gray accretion around rim and on underside.
Dimensions
5.5 x 10.3 x 5.8 cm (2 3/16 x 4 1/16 x 2 5/16 in.)
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