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Lamp

Date

1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Grimacing comic theater mask. Description: Moldmade. Ribbon handle divided by five grooves, the center one deeper. The shoulder consists of an outer narrow ridge marked off by a groove and an inner twisted cord and a row of globules. Two round knobs, within a ring, are applied on the shoulder of the lamp at the junction of the handle. Rounded body. The wide-open mouth of the mask serves as a filling-hole; row of globules partly surrounding the mask. Long round-tipped nozzle; conspicuous double-volute made of two lines on either side of the nozzle. Raised base-ring composed of two rings; inside deeply sunk flower with six petals.

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