Sujet

Lamp, 1st century B.C.-4th century A.D. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Lamp, 1st century B.C.-4th century A.D. Additional Info: Moldmade. Leaf-shaped handle ornament with large looped plain ring behind. Lamp in the shape of a head of a comic actor wearing a slave mask; thick hair, knit eyebrows, small holes for eyes, large open mouth with typical striated band around it, suggesting a beard. Short round-tipped volute-nozzle; small striated fans between nozzle and beard. Flat oval base marked off by one circular groove.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A66_142

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

61,9Mo (1,8Mo) / 42,0cm x 36,9cm / 4960 x 4362 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Italy close up domestic head country Rome entertainment shape color mouth comical lighting shaped Roman terracotta lamp comic ceramic location ceramics century antiquity household image novelty studio shot pottery artefact concept actors acting close-up artifact closeup antiquities slavery actor slave terra cotta Homeware decorative arts Colour Thespian Ancient Roman Ancient Rome 2nd century 3rd century object Unknown ceramic Terracotta Heritage Art Implements enslaved person lamp comic actor