Terracotta handled saucer-shaped oil lamp - image 1

Classical

Terracotta handled saucer-shaped oil lamp

Wheel-made with edge folded in to form two wick rests; narrow rim, with rounded lip; broad, sloping, open body; between nozzles, a solid handle, tapering towards end and shaped into a curve to fit hand; undefined, convex base. Body complete, but handle broken and repaired at joint with body and half way along length, with small losses at breaks. Overall: 2 1/4 x 12 5/8 in. (5.7 x 32.1 cm)

Date

399 - 300 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1892

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.1003, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2522, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Oziol, Thérèse. 1977. "Les lampes du Museé de Chypre." Salamine de Chypre, 7: no. 38, p. 26, pls. 3, 54.Lightfoot, Christopher S. 2020. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracotta Oil Lamps. no. 19, pp. 46-47, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.