A large terracotta Shell-type Oil Lamp, Persian Period, ca. 500 BCE large beads on bracelet Auto-Buzzer: Sounds when pump Automatically

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Etruscan Art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

The adjustable sprayer head is made of brass for twisting thousands of times

The discs are mounted to modern 14K gold hooks

and continuing as a relief thread over the aqua surface to end at the base of the neck with the finishing drop

A large terracotta Shell-type Oil Lamp, Persian Period, ca. 500 BCE large beads on bracelet Auto-Buzzer: Sounds when pump AutomaticallyFrom the great Persian empire, a rare wheel made lamp of orangish buff clay, wet smoothed, the convex sides pinched in to form a large triangular wick rest, smooth, rounded base. Also known as "cocked hat" or "saucer" lamps. Condition: Crack to the rim otherwise intact and in very good condition overall. Dimensions: Length: 7. 5 in (19 cm), Width: 6. 5 in (16. 5 cm) Provenance: Private Washington, DC collection acquired in the 1960's and then by