Oil Lamp

Reproduction

MS3921D

From: Italy | Campania | Pompeii | Herculaneum

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS3921D
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Italy | Campania | Pompeii | Herculaneum
Date Made 1st century - 79
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Iconography Tree
Description

Bronze reproduction of a Roman candelabrum in the shape of a tree trunk. Oil lamps are suspended from branches.

Length 17.5 cm
Width 7 cm
Depth 2.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. Chiurazzi and Fils (Foundry); subscription of John Wanamaker, 1902
Other Number 72231 - Naples Museum Number | 24226 - Field Museum Number

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