Terracotta oil lamp
Unknown
Date unknown · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art
Wheel-made body, with applied long nozzle. Large central filling hole, surrounded by a plain band and an incised circle; convex sloping shoulder decorated with radiating incised lines and with a single projecting knob at edge of left side; palmette in relief along top of nozzle; squat, carinated body. Raised, 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
