ID: 700006910 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006910	Record Type: Movable Work
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Lamp in the Form of a Comic Mask (oil lamp; Unknown Roman (Roman Artist); 75 - 125; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles...; 96.AQ.193)

Note: The body of the lamp is formed as a comic mask set on a low turned foot. The nozzle emerges below the beard of the mask and has a tip of almost triangular form. It is surrounded by a flat raised border, and the space on the top of the nozzle between the lamp body and the small, round mouth, is decorated with a pointed leaf. The mask type is that of the "Leading Slave," a sly and resourceful stock character in numerous comedies. His open, upturned mouth is fringed with a finely incised semicircular beard and serves as the filling hole. Most of the hair is covered with a kerchief, from which short tassels of corkscrew curls emerge at the sides. The headdress is crowned with a wreath of ivy leaves and berries shown in high relief, which continues below to adorn the zone where the handle is attached. A fragment of the upswept loop handle survives. It is set low on the body and is a stylized vine form with a turned-back leaf. Location Creation: Italy (?)

Titles:

Lamp in the Form of a Comic Mask (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Lamp in the Shape of a Comic Mask (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

oil lamp [300037630] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Furnishings (hierarchy name), furnishings (works), <furnishings by form or function>, lighting devices, <lighting devices by form>, lamps (lighting devices), <lamps by method of illumination>)

lamp (lighting device) [300037592]

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Furnishings (hierarchy name), furnishings (works), <furnishings by form or function>, lighting devices, <lighting devices by form>)

Classifications:

vessels / containers (preferred)

Creation Date: 75 - 125

Creator Display:

Unknown Roman (Roman Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

unknown Ancient Roman (Ancient Roman cultural designation) [500202843]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500125181] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 96.AQ.193

Credit Line: Gift of Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman

Other: Creation: Italia [7030349] (Geographic)

Display Materials: Bronze

	bronze (metal) [300010957]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <copper and copper alloy>, copper alloy)

Dimensions: Object: H: 6.9 x L: 12.5 cm (2 11/16 x 4 15/16 in.)

Cultures:

Roman (preferred)

Ancient Roman

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Imperial (Roman) [300020541] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Early Western World, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Ancient Italian, Roman (ancient Italian culture or period))

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred,isness)

Specific Subjects:

	theater (discipline) [300054148]
	.....(Activities Facet, Disciplines (hierarchy name), disciplines (concept), humanities, <arts and related disciplines>, arts (broad discipline), performing arts (discipline), theater arts) (AAT)

	life mask [300047726]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by subject type>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Lamp in the Form of a Comic Mask	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Lamp in the Shape of a Comic Mask	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [JPGM]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)