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Oil lamp
Oil lamp
Artist/Maker
Datec. 250-400 CE
MediumTerracotta
DimensionsOverall: 2.5 x 10.2 x 6.4 cm (1 x 4 x 2 1/2 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Edward S. Burgess, Class of 1879, H1904
Object numberINV.654
On view
DescriptionTerracotta lamp with nozzle bridge; small disk-opening; raised knob at back decorated with 3 parallel ridges. Crude molded design on shoulder consisting mainly of raised dots and parallel slanting lines; zigzag with dots over nozzle. Clay fine red with lime particles. Nozzle burned and chipped.
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Alternate Titles Oil lamp
Exhibition History 2011
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Learning to Look: Hamilton's Cabinets, Galleries and Museums Past, Present and Future," September 15 - December 16, 2011 (no cat.).
Provenance 1929: Hamilton College (James Library), by bequest of Edward S. Burgess.
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