Terracotta saucer-shaped lamp

Terracotta saucer-shaped lamp

Description:

Wheel-made with edge folded in to form a narrow wick rest; flaring rim, with tapering lip; sloping, open body; raised base ring, and rough, slightly concave base.



Intact.


Overall: 7/8 x 2 3/4 in. (2.2 x 7 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. 2507, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Lightfoot, Christopher S. 2020. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracotta Oil Lamps. no. 8, p. 39, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.1893