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Lamp

Date

1st–4th century A.D.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Standing Bacchus, nude except for a loin string. His left arm embraces the shoulder of a youth, whose left hand is holding a thyrsus with streamers; Bacchus's right hand is pouring from a cantharus to a small panther at his feet. Description: Moldmade, from plaster mold. Shoulder: Loeschcke form I. Filling-hole in lower left field; small air hole at bottom. Volute-nozzle with angular tip and prominent volute-spines; burn marks. Raised base-ring marked off by two circular grooves.

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