Terracotta oil lamp
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Howland Type 22A. Wheel-made. Black glaze applied to interior and exterior sides, with base and top of inverted shoulder reserved in contrasting red clay. Shallow body, with convex curving side, broad shoulder, and inverted rim. Slightly raised base ring, and a shallow, concave base. Raised open tube through bottom, rising almost to the height of the rim. Projecting, rounded nozzle, with a large wick hole slanting inward to reservoir.
Intact, but surfaces heavily pitted, cracked, and chipped.
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