Lamp with frog motif
Lamp with frog motif
Lamp with frog motif
Lamp with frog motif

Currently not on view

Lamp with frog motif,

5th–6th century

Egyptian
Early Christian, 200 - 1000 CE
y116

Information

Title
Lamp with frog motif
Dates

5th–6th century

Medium
Red earthenware with red slip
Dimensions
12 x 9 x 6 cm (4 3/4 x 3 9/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Trumbull-Prime Collection
Object Number
y116
Place Collected

Egypt

Culture
Egyptian (ancient)
Period
Early Christian
Type
earthenware, oil lamps, ceramics
Materials
earthenware, slip
Subject
frogs, palmettes, rosettes, running ornament

Mary Hollister Prime (née Trumbull) (1827-1872) and William Cowper Prime, Class of 1843 (1825-1905); 1890 gift to Princeton University Art Museum.

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