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Reproduction Ancient Greek Oil Lamps
These replica ancient oil
lamps represent lamp styles used in ancient Greece from about
300 BC to AD 200. The earliest Greek lamps were wheel made, but
molding oil lamps came into use about 300 BC. The first molded Greek
lamps were often rather plain, but
soon began to use elaborate decoration. After the Roman period began,
the lamp making industry applied
the same range of artistic talents to lamp decoration as elsewhere in
the Roman Empire.
Sales will resume in 2024.
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SELINUS
Circa
300 BC
The rounded body of
the Hellenistic Greek lamp has a lug on the side
and an elongated spout. These lamps were common in the Greek colonies
of
Italy as well as the rest of the Greek world. (3.75"
by
2.25")
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LESBOS
Circa AD 250
A Greco-Roman style lamp
with a nude Greek woman, possibly a hetarai,
gazing upon her reflection in a hand held mirror. The shoulder is
ornamented
with a series of raised dots.
(3.2" by 3.5")
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LEDA
Circa AD 250
Leda, in Roman mythology, was seduced by Zeus who came to her
in the form of a white swan. She gave birth to the Roman demi-gods Castor and Pullox. The seduction scene
of Leda with the swan was very popular in Roman art. While this is essentially a Roman lamp, it's here as the body
style, like the Lesbos above, is a Greco-Roman type.
(3.2" by 3.5")
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NEMEA
Circa AD 250
Another of the Greco-Roman
line, this time with a lion. Nemea was a city in what is today's
Korinthia province of Greece, and home to the "Nemean Lion" which
Herakles (Hurcules) fought.
(3.2" by 3.5")
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AGORA
Circa 3rd Century AD
A plain Roman
period lamp decorated with a Greek key design on the shoulder. This is
the largest lamp currently offered, but due to the extreme concave
center discus, it holds comparatively little oil.
(4.5" by 5.5")
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