Lamp with "Chi-rho" Monogram
Lamp with "Chi-rho" Monogram
Artist
Unidentified
Period
Roman Empire
(Ancient Roman, 27 BCE-395 CE)
Place of OriginRoman Empire
Date5th-6th century CE
Dimensions1 3/8 × 2 3/16 in. (3.5 × 5.6 cm)
Mediumearthenware
ClassificationUtilitarian Objects
Credit LineGift of Dr. Arthur F. Bissell
Object number
1912.1263
Not on View
DescriptionMolded., unglazed, with monogram XP (Chi Rho).
Exhibition HistoryThe Dayton Art Institute, The Roman World: Religions and Everyday Life (featuring the Brooklyn Museum exhibition: Tree of Paradise: Jewish Mosaics from the Roman Empire), Sept. 21, 2007 - Jan. 6, 2008.
Toledo Museum of Art, The Egypt Experience: Secrets of the Tomb, October 29, 2010-January 8, 2012.
Comparative ReferencesSee also Perlzweig, Judith, Lamps of the Roman Period, pl. 39, 40.
about 420-550 CE
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