Oil Lamp - Athens, Attica - 600 BC - Grape Bunch Engraving - Museum Reproduction - Ceramic Artifact

Item Specifics

Material:Ceramic
Condition: New, Handmade in Greece.
Height: 4 cm - 1,6 inches
Width: 14 cm - 5,5 inches
Length: 8 cm - 3,1 inches
Weight: 140 g

An oil lamp is an object used to produce light continuously for a period of time using an oil-based fuel source. The use of oil lamps began thousands of years ago and continues to this day, although their use is less common in modern times.
In the mythology of many ancient cultures, the grape, and the grapevine is regarded as sacred. From an exoteric principle, the symbolic meaning of grapes relates to abundance, transformation and fertility.