Terra-cotta Lamp
Roman
Roman, 30 BCE-330 CE
Terracotta and red slip
Overall: 4 5/8 × 3 3/16 × 1 1/8 in. (11.8 × 8.1 × 2.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. James Foster Scott, in memory of her late husband, Victor J. Evans
157.9.13842
Geography
Place Made: Rome, Italy, Europe
Period
1-500
Object Name
Furnishings: Lighting Device
Research Area
Classical World
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Victor Justice Evans (1865-1931), Washington, D.C, date unknown; to his widow, (Mabel) Karen Gram Schaefer Evans Scott Allen (1891-1974), Meriden, New Hampshire, 1931; given to present collection, 1957.
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