Cream Saucer Lamp - image 1

Archaic II

Cream Saucer Lamp

Wheel-made open pottery lamp in the form of a shallow dish with a flat rim, the edges folded in at two places to form a wick-rest. Cream-coloured slip. Pale yellow calcaric marl clay, with very fine dark grey and red inclusions. Dimensions: Diameter: 11.30 centimetres; Height: 2.80 centimetres Object Type: saucer lamp Techniques: wheel-made

Date

620 - 475 BC

Accession No.

null

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Naukratis (probably)