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frog lamp

frog lamp

An item at Louvre

This lamp is made up of two elements: the main part is an almost circular and very flattened oil reservoir made of two halves placed one on top of the other and welded. The top is pierced in the middle with a hole for filling and around which the decoration is molded. On this part is grafted the lamp's spout, pierced at its end with an orifice for the wick. The decoration of the object evokes the body of a frog: we can see the legs folded at the back and, on each side of the central opening of the body, an incised grid is supposed to represent the granular appearance of a batrachian skin. This decoration continues on the collar which represents the neck and the head of the animal.

Department of Egyptian Antiquities

An exhibit at Louvre

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The collections of the Department of Egyptian Antiquities present the civilization that evolved on the banks of the Nile, from the end of Prehistory (around 4,000 BCE) to the Christian era (from the 4th century CE).