Terracotta oil lamp

Unknown

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

Mold-made, with large ring handle. Discus: radiating, rounded petals, surrounding a central filling hole. Shoulder: a narrow horizontal band decorated with close-set raised lines or dots. Ornate volutes flanking angular nozzle. Broad handle, with large oval finger hole, decorated with a central groove flanked by two lines, running the length of the handle and with a horizontal bridge at the back. A broad raised base ring, and a flat base. 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