Lighting DevicesRoman1st century CE

Oil Lamp with Nozzles in the Shape of Heads and Ships' Prows

1st century CE

Classification

Lighting Devices

Technique

Cast, lost-wax process

Medium

Leaded bronze

Culture

Roman

Period

Roman Imperial period, Early

Century

1st century CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

h. 10.5 x diam. 25.8 cm (4 1/8 x 10 3/16 in.)

Provenance

[Galerie Gunter Puhze, Frieburg, 2 October 1990], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1990.

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