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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.)
Credit Line Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.1540
NOT ON VIEW

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.