Getty Museum

Lamp

Date

1st–4th century A.D.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Cupid and Psyche embracing; he is nude, winged, and frontal; her backside is nude, a folded garment hangs from the crook of her left arm down to the ground, partly hiding her legs; she has her characteristic wings; hair tied up in a bun. Description: Moldmade, from plaster mold. Body with curved sides. Shoulder: Loeschcke form III a. Filling-hole in left field. Unpierced air hole on top of nozzle. Round-tipped volute-nozzle. Base marked off by one circular groove.

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