Terracotta saucer-shaped lamp - image 1

Classical

Terracotta saucer-shaped lamp

Wheel-made with edge folded in to form a wick rest; flaring rim, with rounded lip; broad, open body, sloping forward; undefined, convex base, slanting slightly to right. Intact. Overall: 1 5/8 x 4 3/4 in. (4.1 x 12.1 cm)

Date

399 - 300 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1896

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2501, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Lightfoot, Christopher S. 2020. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracotta Oil Lamps. no. 14, p. 43, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.