Terracotta oil lamp

Roman, Cypriot

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Loeschcke Type 4. Mold-made. Discus: naked Silenus standing in profile to left, head titled slightly back, right arm raised above his head, and holding a wine skin over his left shoulder; behind him is a net-like enclosure; a single filling hole at right behind the figure, and a band of lines and grooves towards edge. Volutes flanking nozzle. Incised base ring, and slightly concave base.

Intact.

Terracotta oil lamp, Terracotta, Roman, Cypriot

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Terracotta oil lamp, Terracotta, Roman, Cypriot
Terracotta oil lamp, Terracotta, Roman, Cypriot
Terracotta oil lamp, Terracotta, Roman, Cypriot

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