Terracotta oil lamp

Unknown

1st century BCE–1st century CE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Loeschcke Type 4. Mold-made. Deep body. Discus: rosette with thirty-three radiating petals, issuing from a band of three raised circle, within which a single small, central filling hole; band of lines and grooves around horizontal edge. Volutes flanking nozzle with large wick hole, and tiny air hole at back. Broad, raised base ring, and broad, flat bottom. Intact.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st century BCE–1st century CE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76