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Oil lamp
Oil lamp
Artist/Maker
Datepossibly 4th-3rd century BCE
MediumTerracotta with remnants of glaze
DimensionsOverall: 3.8 x 8.9 x 10.2 cm (1 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Edward S. Burgess, Class of 1879, H1904
Object numberINV.657
On view
DescriptionRim chipped. Carinated bowl with base, everted rim, pinched in at one side to form open nozzle; well tapering toward [lip?]in center of bowl; horizontal handle opp. nozzle, rim to well; fragment of [?] stuck to rim; interior completely glazed - originally blue-green.

Additional Details

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 1943: Hamilton College, by bequest of Edward S. Burgess.
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