
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 |