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Hellenistic Oil Lamp with Handle

SKU BB.1506
Circa

300 BC to 100 BC

Dimensions

1.75″ (4.4cm) high x 4″ (10.2cm) wide

Medium

Terracotta

Origin

Mediteranean

Gallery Location

UK


 

A lamp such as this might have lit homes during the life of Christ. A metaphor of joy and prosperity, for hope, for life itself, lamps have illuminated the path of civilization for centuries. They have guided great thoughts through the night, stood vigil with lonely passions. In the presence of this simple object, we are in touch directly with a vanished world, with the people once warmed by its glow. Today it remains as an enduring symbol of man's desire to conquer the darkness.

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