Richter, Gisela Marie Augusta, 1882-1972, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) · New York [The Gilliss Press] · leaf 427
closed at the top except for a small heart-shaped hole near where the bottomof the wick would come, and around aperture which served forpouring in the oil and which is cov-ered by a lid in the form of a shell. There is a ring handle and ashort flaring foot. For a similar example in clay, cf. R.… … LIGHTING utensils part of the handle is missing, also the pin of the hinge for the lid. Ace. No. G.R. 386. ROMAN LAMPS I 34O LAMP, in the form of a round bowl on a low ring base and withan elongated nozzle, flanked on each side by a volute. The handle consistsof two curved stems, united above to…
Bronzes · Art, Ancient
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