Terracotta saucer-shaped oil lamp - image 1

Classical

Terracotta saucer-shaped oil lamp

Open, wheel-made. Narrow, horizontal rim, pinched in on one side with two projections flanking an applied, solid handle. Raised base ring and slightly concave base. One large chip in rim and most of handle missing. Length: 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm) Height: 2 in. (5.1 cm)

Date

399 - 300 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1991

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2523, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Lightfoot, Christopher S. 2020. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracotta Oil Lamps. no. 20, p. 47, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.