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Medium
fired clay
Measurements
3.5 × 10.1 × 14.9 cm
Place/s of Execution
Attica, Greece / Cyrenaica
Accession Number
165-D1A
Department
Antiquities
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1893
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
Shallow, round, wheel-made bowl-shaped lamp with a short, rounded nozzle and horizontal band handle. The rim is incurved and the underside is slightly concave on a slightly raised base, i.e. defined by a circular rise. There is black glaze on the nozzle, handle, rim and interior and red on the base, sides and stems of handle. The clay is pink/buff.