Marble lamp

Unknown

6th century BCE · Marble, Calcite · Greek and Roman Art

Fragment of a marble lamp; in the panels, pairs of confronted sphinxes, sirens, and griffins; on the nozzles, pairs of lions, rams' heads, and birds perched atop lotus flowers growing from palmettes. The sides are decorated in low relief with pairs of sphinxes, griffins, and sirens. The nozzles have pairs of lions, rams' heads, and birds standing on lotus flowers. (The large fragment with rams' heads and the upper part of the griffins has been lent by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, L.1974.44.)

Artist

Unknown

Date

6th century BCE

Medium

Marble, Calcite

Culture

Greek

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1906