The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art: Terracotta Oil LampsThe 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. |
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1st century A.D. 2nd century 2nd century A.D. band of lines British Museum Cantor Arts Center central filling hole century A.D. Roman Cesnola Collection chocolate-brown slip citing this example Compare Oziol 1977 concave discus Curium Cypriot H decorated depicted DESCRIPTION Loeschcke Type DESCRIPTION Mold-made DESCRIPTION Vessberg Type DETAIL Cat Donald Bailey flanking angular nozzle flat base gladiator grooves around edge grooves toward edge Hellenistic hole at center Incised base ring Intact Karageorghis Lamp Early Imperial Lamp Late Imperial Lamp Mid Imperial lamps from Cyprus large wick hole lines and grooves Loeschcke Type 1B maker's mark Mottled Myres National Museum Nicosia nozzle with large Paleokastro Paphos Purchased by subscription Raised base ring Red slip ring handle Roman H rosette rounded nozzle Salamis saucer lamps similar lamp single filling hole slightly concave base sloping shoulder Sooting around nozzle terracotta tomb unpierced handle Volutes flanking angular Volutes flanking nozzle