3-047-571 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Lamp, 5th century BC. Additional Info: Black glaze applied to interior and exterior sides, with base and top of inverted shoulder reserved in contrasting red clay. Unglazed shoulder delimited from basin by thin glazed circle. Biconvex shallow basin. Raised open socket through bottom. Medium-sized protruding nozzle with big wick-hole. Base slightly raised, flat with central cavity corresponding to socket.