Terracotta saucer-shaped lamp

Terracotta saucer-shaped lamp

Description:

Wheel-made with edge folded in to form a narrow wick rest; broad, horizontal rim, with rounded lip; deep, concave, open body; undefined, convex base.



Intact.


Overall: 1 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. (3.2 x 8.6 cm)

Period:

Classical

Date:

399 - 300 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2512, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Lightfoot, Christopher S. 2020. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracotta Oil Lamps. no. 3, pp. 36-37, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.1891