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Lamp with frog legs
Roman, Egypt
Imperial Period
3rd–4th century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
Height: 3.1 cm.; width: 6.3 cm.; length: 7.9 cm.
(1 1/4 x 2 1/2 x 3 1/8 in.)
(1 1/4 x 2 1/2 x 3 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.1540
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Lighting devices
DescriptionA lamp with an almost circular body, no handle, splayed nozzle, flanked by volutes and group chevrons on the top. It is decorated with palm-leaves and the rear legs of an animal (most likely a frog). Related type to the "frog-type" lamps.
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.