Terracotta oil lamp

Roman, Cnidian

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Mold-made. Discus: a nude woman, standing facing front, with arms raised behind her head, flanked by a large vase on the left and a bird on a pedestal on the right; a ground line below the woman and pedestal; a single filling hole at bottom left, between the woman's legs and the vase; a narrow band of lines and grooves around edge of discus; a plain, slightly sloping shoulder. Stylized volutes flaring broad nozzle. Within base ring outlined by two incised circles, a flat base.

Intact.

Terracotta oil lamp, Terracotta, Roman, Cnidian

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