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Spherical lamp

Artist
Date20th century
MediumBronze
ClassificationsFurnishings
Object number2003.4.231 LA
Descriptionsphere ornately carved and etched with patterns of birds amid flowers. It opens by a hinge, closes with a clasp. In one half sit 3 metal rings, in the center of them is a solid half sphere with a small protruding hole in one side. it is fastened so that they can rotate around
On View
Not on view
Collections
Bowl
c. 1880
Raven headdress
Tony Hunt Jr.
2001
Swift
Towne, Albert
1839-1840
Bell
India
Fibula
Roman
Fifth century CE
Roman
Fifth century AD, possibly
Jar
Philippines