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| Keywords: Egyptian - Lamp Stand - Walters 48458.jpg Made in two parts this elegant lamp stand features a supporting column resembling the tapering stalk of a papyrus plant terminating in a papyrus umbel or flower cluster The cap supported a bronze or ceramic bowl containing oil The wick was made of twisted linen and salt was added to the oil to prevent it from smoking century 3 2 BC Greco-Roman faience with light blue glaze cm 44 6 14 5 accession number 48 458 16122 Rev William MacGregor Collection Sale Sotheby's London 1922 no 314 Dikran Kelekian Paris and New York Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1923 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian art in the Walters Art Museum Papyriform columns Ancient Egyptian faience in the Walters Art Museum Works of the Ptolemaic dynasty Ancient Egyptian linen | ||||
