CLAY OIL LAMP
Cyprus, Middle Bronze, circa 2000-1600 B.C.
Large oil lamp in the shape of a seated female figure, hands on hips, legs forward forming a triangular cup with a double beak; eyes and mouth sunken, nose protruding and ears pierced; wearing a double fluted band, adorned with three necklaces around the neck.
Fractures to the neck, left hand and triangular cup. Restored left ear.
Size: 20 x 16 cm
Documentation :
Thermoluminescence test, QED, 2016
Provenance:
Older Collection X
Sale Collection X - 7th sale, Mes Boisgirard et de Heeckeren, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 15 December 1981: n°117 (ill.)
Gallery À la Reine Margot, Paris
Acquired from it by the current owners in 1991.
Related work :
Louvre Museum, AM 816
A Cypriot terracotta oil lamp, Middle Bronze Age, circa 2000-1600 B.C.
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