THE ATTYS LAMP

ANTHROPOMORPHIC AND PRETERNATURAL, THE ATTYS LAMP IS HEADED BY A MOLLUSK-FORM, DESCENDING ALONG A RIB-LIKE SHAPE INTO AN EERIE PELVIC BASE. NAMED FOR THE NEAR-EASTERN MESSIANIC PRECURSOR, ATYS--WHOSE ECSTATIC WISDOM WAS PERSONIFIED IN THE ACT OF SELF-CASTRATION-- OUR STUDY LAMP SERVES TO REMIND PRUDENCE IS OFTEN THE PRICE OF ERUDITION.

DIMENSIONS: 

HEIGHT: 18"/36CM WIDTH: 6.5"/16.5CM DEPTH:  14.5"/35.5CM

MATERIAL: BRONZE.