Art and architecture
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1350 up to 1400
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Mecklenburg until 1945
Oil lamp (anthropomorphic container)
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Oil lamp (anthropomorphic container)
Oil lamp (anthropomorphic container)
- fired clay
- 14th/15th century
- height: 12.5 cm
- fired clay
- 14th/15th century
- height: 12.5 cm
The oil lamp with an anthropomorphic shape is remarkably richly decorated. The lamp figure has an over-sized erect penis (phallus) as a symbol of male fertility. The spout originally contained the filament. The lamp comes from a pottery workshop in the centre of Neubrandenburg.
Text: R. V.
