The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art: Terracotta Oil Lamps

The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art: Terracotta Oil Lamps

Christopher S. Lightfoot
2021
266 pages
591 illustrations
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The fourth catalogue in a series that documents the renowned Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art, this book focuses on the collection’s 453 terracotta oil lamps dating from the Classical, Hellenistic, Roman, and Early Byzantine periods. The rich iconography on many of these common, everyday objects provides a rare look into daily life on Cyprus in antiquity and highlights the island’s participation in Roman artistic and cultural production. Each lamp is illustrated, and the accompanying text addresses typology, decoration, and makers’ marks on each of these objects that provide new insights into art, craft, and trade in the ancient Mediterranean.

Bronze saucer-shaped lamp, Bronze, Cypriot
Cypriot
6th–5th century BCE
Terracotta saucer-shaped lamp, Terracotta, Cypriot
Cypriot
4th century BCE
Terracotta saucer-shaped lamp, Terracotta, Cypriot
Cypriot
4th century BCE
Terracotta saucer-shaped lamp, Terracotta, Cypriot
Cypriot
4th century BCE
Terracotta saucer-shaped oil lamp, Terracotta, Cypriot
Cypriot
5th century BCE
Terracotta saucer-shaped oil lamp, Terracotta, Cypriot
Cypriot
4th century BCE
Terracotta saucer-shaped lamp, Terracotta, Cypriot
Cypriot
4th century BCE
Terracotta saucer-shaped lamp, Terracotta, Cypriot
Cypriot
4th century BCE
Terracotta saucer-shaped lamp, Terracotta, Cypriot
Cypriot
4th century BCE
Terracotta saucer-shaped lamp, Terracotta, Cypriot
Cypriot
4th century BCE
Terracotta saucer-shaped lamp, Terracotta, Cypriot
Cypriot
4th century BCE
Terracotta saucer-shaped lamp, Terracotta, Cypriot
Cypriot
4th century BCE
Terracotta saucer-shaped lamp, Terracotta, Cypriot
Cypriot
4th century BCE
Terracotta saucer-shaped lamp, Terracotta, Cypriot
Cypriot
4th century BCE
Terracotta saucer-shaped lamp, Terracotta, Cypriot
Cypriot
4th century BCE
Terracotta saucer-shaped lamp, Terracotta, Cypriot
Cypriot
4th century BCE
Terracotta saucer-shaped lamp, Terracotta, Cypriot
Cypriot
4th century BCE
Terracotta saucer-shaped oil lamp, Terracotta, Cypriot
Cypriot
4th century BCE
Terracotta handled saucer-shaped oil lamp, Terracotta, Cypriot
Cypriot
4th century BCE
Terracotta handled saucer-shaped oil lamp, Terracotta, Cypriot
Cypriot
4th century BCE
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Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), C. S. Lightfoot, and Max Hollein, eds. 2021. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art. Terracotta Oil Lamps. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.