Terracotta oil lamp

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Loeschcke Type 4. Mold-made, with ring handle. Discus: winged Pegasus, standing, facing left, on ground line; a single filling hole at center below between Pegasus's legs; with a band of lines and grooves around the edge. Volutes flanking nozzle, with large wick hole. Two parallel incised lines decorate the top edge of the handle. Impressed ring base, and a shallow concave base, with a thick linear impression at center.

Intact.

Terracotta oil lamp, Terracotta, Roman

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