Getty Museum

Lamp

Date

1st–4th century A.D.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Two fishermen in a boat sailing to right; man at helm is maneuvering the sail; the other man is busy at the prow; both wear round hats like many fishermen seen on lamps. Below boat: fish(?). Description: Moldmade, from plaster mold. Ring handle with two grooves on upper part. Shoulder: Loeschcke form VII a. Filling-hole in lower field interrupts lines of waves. Small air hole at top of nozzle. Ogival nozzle with simplified shoulder-volutes. Blurred base-ring. Potter's incuse signature: CCLOSVC.

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