Getty Museum

Lamp

Date

first half of 1st century A.D.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Marcus Curtius with helmet, cuirass, tunic, and round shield leaping to left on his horse into the chasm in the Forum Romanum; thin groundline; cloak flying behind him; he strikes the ground with a spear; the horse vainly tries to stop. Description: Moldmade, from plaster mold. Shoulder: Loeschcke form III a. Filling-hole below the horse; air hole on nozzle. Voluted angular-tipped nozzle. Raised base-ring marked off by two grooves.

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