Terracotta oil lamp
Unknown
Date unknown · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art
Mold-made. Almost triangular body. Large central filling hole, slightly irregular surrounded by a narrow rim. Convex-curving shoulder, decorated in relief with matching ivy-leaf tendrils to either side and small, upturned knobs at sides. Broad, long nozzle, decorated with a Silenus mask at back and with a large round wick hole. Undefined, flat base. Intact.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- Date unknown
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Culture
- Greek
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
