Mold-made lamp without handle with image of hippocamp
possibly Roman Imperial
Greek
1st century BCE
Earthenware with red slip
Overall: 4 13/16 × 1 5/16 in. (12.3 × 3.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Ann B. Carter
2007.50.15
Geography
Place Made: Greece, Europe
Period
1000 BCE-1 CE
Object Name
Figure
Research Area
Classical World
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Esther Fisher Hallowell [Morse] (1881-1946) and Susan Morris Hallowell [Brooks] (1883-1981) on a family trip to Greece in 1906; to Ann Brooks Carter [Susan's daughter], Hanover, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 2007.
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