Terracotta saucer-shaped lamp - image 1

Classical

Terracotta saucer-shaped lamp

Wheel-made with edge folded in to form a narrow wick rest; broad, slanting rim, with horizontal lip; broad, open, flat body; undefined, flat base. Intact. Length: 4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm), H. 1 9/16 in. (4 cm)

Date

399 - 300 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1815

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2511, p. 365, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Lightfoot, Christopher S. 2020. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracotta Oil Lamps. no. 2, p. 36, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.