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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Cornucopia Lamp With Pinched Nozzle
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Cornucopia Lamp With Pinched Nozzle

AAT Object Form/Functionlamps (lighting devices)
AAT Object Techniquethrowing (pottery technique)
Place CreatedAsia
Date2nd-1st Century BCE
MediumClay
Credit LineCollection of Dr. James Muilenberg
Dimensions1 1/2 x 2 1/16 x 3 3/8 in. (3.8 x 5.2 x 8.5 cm)
Object number1963.006
Exhibition HistoryA Preview of the Collections, Schatten Gallery, February 15 - April 4, 1982
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001-February 12, 2018
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, October 14, 2024 - Present
Published ReferencesEmory University Museum of Art and Archaeology: A Preview of the Collections (Atlanta: The Museum, 1982), 8.
ProvenancePurchased by Emory University Museum from James Muilenberg (1896-1974) [Union Theological Seminary], New York, New York.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
2nd-mid 1st Century BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
331-64 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University.
331-323 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
331-64 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
331-64 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
331-64 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
331-64 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
331-64 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
331-64 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University.
late 4th Century BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
3rd-mid 1st Century BCE