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Single-wick lamp
Single-wick lamp

Single-wick lamp

Artist Unknown
Date300–250 BCE
MediumTerracotta
Dimensions1 3/8 × 3 3/16 × 3 in. (3.5 × 8.1 × 7.6 cm); Diam. (fill hole): 5/8 in. (1.6 cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Maconochie
Object numberG.58.19.16
On View
On view
ProvenanceSir Phillip Solomon Henry (1863-1933), Australia and Asheville, NC; to daughter & son-in-law, Brigadier General and Mrs. Hartley A. Maconochie, Asheville, NC; given to NCMA, 1958.
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