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Source Description
Made in two parts, this elegant lamp stand features a supporting column resembling the tapering stalk of a papyrus plant, terminating in a papyrus umbel, or flower cluster. The cap supported a bronze or ceramic bowl containing oil. The wick was made of twisted linen, and salt was added to the oil to prevent it from smoking.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
16122
label
Lamp Stand
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
16122
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Lamp Stand
description
Made in two parts, this elegant lamp stand features a supporting column resembling the tapering stalk of a papyrus plant, terminating in a papyrus umbel, or flower cluster. The cap supported a bronze or ceramic bowl containing oil. The wick was made of twisted linen, and salt was added to the oil to prevent it from smoking.
provenance
Rev. William MacGregor Collection Sale, Sotheby's, London, 1922, no. 314; Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, 1922, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
3rd-2nd century BCE (Ptolemaic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
stands
lamps
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
44.6
height
14.5
dimensionsRaw
17 9/16 x 5 11/16 in. (44.6 x 14.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
dynasty
Ptolemaic Dynasty
med
faience with light blue glaze
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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9c682317d720a537