Terracotta saucer-shaped oil lamp - image 1

Classical

Terracotta saucer-shaped oil lamp

Open, wheel-made. Broad, horizontal rim, pinched into a narrow, projecting nozzle, and an uneven, flat base. Intact. Length: 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm) Height: 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm)

Date

399 - 300 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1992

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2510, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Lightfoot, Christopher S. 2020. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracotta Oil Lamps. no. 5, p. 38, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.