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Lamp
Roman
Imperial Period
1st century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Height x length: 11.5 x 22 cm (4 1/2 x 8 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
John Michael Rodocanachi Fund
Accession Number1978.275
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Lighting devices
Catalogue Raisonné
Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), no. 112.
DescriptionHandle is decorated with leaves from which a goat head emerges as the connection with the lamp body; the filler hole is tri-lobed and the spout is covered by a stopper (unattached). The surface is coroded in spots - otherwise the piece is intact.
ProvenanceBy 1978: David S. Brown Collection (purchased by him in an antique shop in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania); purchased by MFA from David S. Brown, September 13, 1978