Terracotta oil lamp

Unknown

late 1st–early 2nd century CE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

This lamp, coated with a vitreous green glaze, features a central floral decoration and two extended griffin heads at either side. Its form and style of decoration are very close to those of lamps from Knidos, which feature an extension of their nozzle-volutes into a decorative animal head, normally a horse but occasionally a griffin.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 1st–early 2nd century CE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917