A HOLY LAND POTTERY PINCHED OIL LAMP

Late Bronze Age, circa 1550 – 1200 BC. A beautifully preserved oil lamp made from red clay with small, pebble-shaped inclusions, with a shell-shaped profile and a small, flat base. It is pinched in one spot, creating a narrow rest for its wick spout and a shallow interior cavity. Lamps of this style were immensely important to the lives of the people who used them. In the Old Testament, various important people are compared by analogy to the significance of lamps like these.Size: L:145mm / W:150mm ; 200gProvenance: Property of a UK Ancient Art Gallery; previously in Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Feuer, New York, acquired 1970s - 1980s.