Method of Manufacture: Lost-Wax Casting
A clay core shaped like the lamp is first created [...]
Medusa
Medusa is one of the three Gorgons of Greek mythology, [...]
Hunting scenes
On the lamp there are twelve animals arranged in four [...]
Dolphins
On the lamp, eight leaping dolphins appear above a marine [...]
Satyrs
Eight ithyphallic satyrs, alternately playing the double aulos and the [...]
Sirens
Beneath each of the sixteen spouts appear eight winged sirens [...]
Achelous
Starting from the outermost rim of the basin and moving [...]
The Symbolism of the Chandelier
The general iconography of the chandelier, with its continuous references [...]
The Etruscan temple
The Lamp was originally placed in an Etruscan temple, a [...]
Museum Masterpieces
The Etruscan Lamp of Cortona, a bronze masterpiece dating to [...]
