Terracotta saucer-shaped lamp - image 1

Classical

Terracotta saucer-shaped lamp

Wheel-made with edge folded in to form a wick rest; flaring rim, with rounded lip; broad, open body; undefined, convex base. Intact. Overall: 1 5/8 x 5 5/8 in. (4.1 x 14.3 cm)

Date

399 - 300 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1895

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2503, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Lightfoot, Christopher S. 2020. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracotta Oil Lamps. no. 10, p. 40-41, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.