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Lamp with an erotic group of Pan and a Succubus
Roman
Imperial Period
2nd–3rd century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
Height (to top of handle):5.6 cm.; Length (handle to spout):14 cm.;
Diameter: 11.2 cm.
Diameter: 11.2 cm.
Credit Line
Gift of Ariel Hamill Herrmann
Accession Number1991.1020
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Lighting devices
DescriptionA lamp with almost circular body and short nozzle. Around the flat rim, a band with double row of leaves between plain borders, segmented by incised, pierced lug handle, and two rectangular cross pieces. On the disc: on rocky ground, winged female sits astride recumbent Pan under arched bare branches of a tree.
Signed by Kallistos on the bottom.
Buff clay, no slip.
Condition: Some chipping around encrustation. Marks of burning on the nozzle.
Signed by Kallistos on the bottom.
Buff clay, no slip.
Condition: Some chipping around encrustation. Marks of burning on the nozzle.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Ariel Hamill Herrmann Collection; gift of Ariel Hamill Herrmann to MFA, December 31, 1991