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Lamp with Christ and the Apostles

Artist Unknown

Date5th–6th century

MediumTerracotta, red slip

DimensionsL. 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm)

ClassificationsCeramics

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hanes

Object numberG.79.6.8

On View

On view

ProvenanceSale, New York, Sotheby Parke Bernet, May 19, 1979, lot 173, illus. (b-w); sold to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hanes, Winston-Salem, NC; given to NCMA, 1979.Published ReferencesSotheby Parke Bernet Sales Catalogue # 4253 (May 19, 1979), illus. no. 173.Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions,” November 5, 1979-May 1980.

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