Terracotta saucer-shaped lamp
Description: | Wheel-made with edge folded in to form a long, narrow wick rest. Broad, raised rim, with rounded lip; shallow, almost flat, open body; undefined, uneven base. Complete, except for small chip in underside of rim at right. Overall: 1 3/4 x 5 3/8 in. (4.4 x 13.7 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. 2515, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Lightfoot, Christopher S. 2020. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracotta Oil Lamps. no. 7, p. 39, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.1900 |