The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art

Terracotta Oil Lamps

Christopher S. Lightfoot

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Metropolitan Museum of Art
12 October 2021

History of Art & Design Styles; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections; Archaeology; Antiques & collectables: ceramics & glass; Pottery, ceramics & glass crafts

This publication, the fourth in a series that meticulously catalogues works in The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s renowned Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art, 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. Although these small, utilitarian oil lamps are often overlooked in scholarly studies of the classical world, this close examination reveals their social, cultural, and artistic contexts, which provide new insights into art, craft, and trade in the ancient Mediterranean.

By: Christopher S. Lightfoot
Imprint: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 216mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 1.662kg
ISBN: 9781588397249
ISBN 10: 1588397246
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 12 October 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Christopher S. Lightfoot is an independent scholar and was formerly curator in the Department of Greek and Roman Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.