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Lamp
Near Eastern
About A.D. 600 to 900
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: L: (max) 0.143 m.; H: (max) 0.11 m. (including tang at foot and small loop on top back of head)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III and Cornelius Adrian Comstock Vermeule in memory of Sarah Jane Russell Vermeule
Accession Number1993.705
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Lighting devices
Catalogue Raisonné
Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), no. 114.
DescriptionLamp in the form of a (stylized) lion, with head turned to own right, tail curled between legs and onto back at right side.
ProvenanceBy 1935: Cornelius C. Vermeule Collection (said to have been acquired at Blanchard's Museum [shop in Sheapherd's Hotel], Cairo, August 10, 1935); March 5, 1976: loaned to MFA by Cornelius Adrian Vermeule (as 5.1976); gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III and Cornelius Adrian Comstock Vermeule to MFA, November 17, 1993