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Lamp

Date

5th century B.C.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Description: Black glaze applied to interior and exterior sides, with base and top of inverted shoulder reserved in contrasting red clay. Unglazed shoulder delimited from basin by thin glazed circle. Biconvex shallow basin. Raised open socket through bottom. Medium-sized protruding nozzle with big wick-hole. Base slightly raised, flat with central cavity corresponding to socket.

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