Description:

Ancient Near East, Holy Land / Levant, Late Bronze Age, ca. 1550 to 1200 BCE. An elegant terracotta oil lamp presenting a saucer-shaped body with flared walls that form a basin for the oil and a pinched spout where the wick would have been placed. Lamps of this style were immensely important to the lives of the people who used them. In the Old Testament, various important people are compared by analogy to the significance of lamps like these. Size: 5.7" Diameter x 2.3" H (14.5 cm x 5.8 cm)

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-Rhode Island, USA collection, 1990s

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#176501

  • Condition: Professionally repaired and restored; all done very well with no break lines visible. Expected surface wear as shown, but otherwise in good overall condition with nice earthen deposits and encrustations.

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