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Art and architecture | 1350 up to 1400 | Mecklenburg until 1945

Oil lamp (anthropomorphic container)

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  • 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.

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Regionalmuseum Neubrandenburg

Treptower Straße 38
17033 Neubrandenburg