Terracotta oil lamp
Unknown
Date unknown · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art
Small, wheel-made body, with applied long nozzle. Large central filling hole, surrounded by an inward-sloping shoulder and an incised circle; convex-curving side to carinated body, with pierced knob at top of left side. Large, raised base ring and deep, concave base. Intact, but firing crack across base.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- Date unknown
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Culture
- Greek
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
