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for Oil lamp with possible Christian iconography
Artist/Maker
Unknown artist
Date4th-7th century CE
MediumTerracotta
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/4 × 2 3/8 × 7/8 in. (8.3 × 6.1 × 2.2 cm)
Spout: 9/16 in. (1.4 cm)
Base: 1 5/16 in. (3.4 cm)
Credit LineIsaac Hollister Hall, Class of 1859, Collection. Transferred from the Hamilton College Archives; Gift of Janet M. Bates.
Object number2015.6.20
Not on view
DescriptionMold-made oil lamp with two pouring holes and an unpierced handle. Vessberg Type 18. Grapes and grape vine motif around shoulder. Discus depicts a nude man facing forward holding a jar in his lowered right hand and with an amphora below his raised left arm. Possibly Christian iconography referencing Jesus Christ's Miracle at Cana where he turned water to wine.
Collections
Additional Details
Exhibition History
2015
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Archive Hall: Art and Artifacts," May 2015 - ongoing (no catalog).
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Archive Hall: Art and Artifacts," May 2015 - ongoing (no catalog).
Provenance
2013: Hamilton College (Archives), by gift of Janet M. Bates;
1999: Janet M. Bates, by bequest of her husband, George P. Bates;
?: George P. Bates, Class of 1936, by gift or bequest of his mother, Mary Hall Bates;
?: Mary Hall Bates, by gift or bequest of her father, Isaac Hollister Hall;
1875-77: Isaac Hollister Hall, by gift of General Luigi Palma di Cesnola;
1875-77: excavated by General Luigi Palma di Cesnola
1999: Janet M. Bates, by bequest of her husband, George P. Bates;
?: George P. Bates, Class of 1936, by gift or bequest of his mother, Mary Hall Bates;
?: Mary Hall Bates, by gift or bequest of her father, Isaac Hollister Hall;
1875-77: Isaac Hollister Hall, by gift of General Luigi Palma di Cesnola;
1875-77: excavated by General Luigi Palma di Cesnola
Unknown artist
Date: c. 6th-8th century CE
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 2015.6.49
Unknown artist
Date: 5th-7th century CE
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 2015.6.46
Unknown artist
Date: c. 610-650 CE
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 2015.6.5
Unknown artist
Date: c. 750-600 BCE
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 2015.6.2
Yashua Klos
Date: 2018
Medium: Collage with woodblock prints and graphite on paper
Object number: 2019.1