Oil Lamp - Snake and Floral Design - Museum Reproduction - Ceramic Artifact

Item Specifics

Material:Ceramic
Condition: New, Handmade in Greece.
Height: 7,5 cm - 3 inches
Width: 10 cm - 3,9 inches
Length: 17,5 cm - 6,9 inches
Weight: 430 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 myth, snakes are often connected to seers and oracles.
Snake venom is both a deadly poison and an antidote, and the rod represents control over this duality.
Snakes are close to the ground and shed their skins, making them symbols of the underworld, rebirth, and immortality, and by extension of wisdom.