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Terracotta lamp in the form of a camel

Unknown Artist

Lamp in the form of a camel.

Credit: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941

3rd century B.C.-3rd century A.D.
Terracotta
9.8 x 9.8cm
41.162.99
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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