Terracotta saucer-shaped lamp - image 1

Classical

Terracotta saucer-shaped lamp

Wheel-made with edge folded in to form a narrow wick rest; narrow rim, with rounded lip; broad, shallow, open body; undefined, convex base. Intact, but one crack on right side of nozzle, and small chip in rim at back. Overall: 1 3/8 x 4 3/8 in. (3.5 x 11.1 cm)

Date

399 - 300 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1889

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1894. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 2. pl. CXXXVIII.1006, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2506, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Lightfoot, Christopher S. 2020. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracotta Oil Lamps. no. 6, p. 38, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.