Description
Roman oil lamps made of bronze or terracotta were common artifacts of ancient Roman life. Bronze lamps with the whimsical shapes of real or mythical animals or peoples were most valued.
Conservation
Date
Description
Narrative
4/04/1961
Treatment
cleaned; coated
4/21/1983
Treatment
cleaned
6/17/1983
Treatment
cleaned
Exhibitions
Designed for Use: Ancient Industrial Arts. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1983.
Provenance
Giovanni Dattri, Cairo, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Lambros-Dattari Sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 1912, June 17-19, 1912, p. 53, no. 461; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
