Lighting DevicesRoman2nd-4th century CE

Lamp in the Shape of a Trussed Male Gazelle

2nd-4th century CE

Classification

Lighting Devices

Technique

Cast, lost-wax process

Medium

Leaded bronze

Culture

Roman

Period

Roman Imperial period

Century

2nd-4th century CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

14.3 x 10.2 x 10.3 cm (5 5/8 x 4 x 4 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Schimmel, Long Island, NY, (by 1964), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1968.

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