Terracotta oil lamp
Unknown Artist
Mold-made, with unpierced, tall handle. Discus: stylized rosette of ten rounded petals, each with a spine of raised dots, around a central raised circle with a ring of dots within; two filling holes, one in central circle, the other at bottom edge. Narrow shoulder: small, raised dots flanked by raised lines. Large wick hole. Undefined, slightly uneven base.
Intact.
Credit: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
3rd century A.D.
Terracotta
6.2 cm
74.51.1865
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
Where you'll find this
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Permanent collection
