Terracotta saucer-shaped lamp

Terracotta saucer-shaped lamp

Description:

Wheel-made with edge pinched in to form a narrow wick rest; flaring rim, with rounded lip; deep, open body; irregular, oval base ring, and flat base.



Intact, but small crack and tiny hole in center of base.


1 11/16 × 4 5/8 in. (4.3 × 11.8 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. 2508, p. 365, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.McClees, Helen. 1924. The Daily Life of the Greeks and Romans: As Illustrated in the Classical Collections. p. 31, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.McClees, Helen and Christine Alexander. 1933. The Daily Life of the Greeks and Romans: As Illustrated in the Classical Collections, 5th ed. p. 36, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Lightfoot, Christopher S. 2020. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracotta Oil Lamps. no. 11, pp. 40-41, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.1817