A good-sized pottery oil lamp of 'cocked hat' type with shallow bowl and pinched spout in orange coarse ware.
 
Canaanite Late Bronze-age: Circa 1350-1200 BC.
 
Condition: Very Fine; some encrustation within the bowl and on the underside, traces of soot deposits on the spout from usage.
Width 14.5 cms (5.7 ins)
 
Provenance: Ex Reuven Livny coll., Hod Hasharon, Israel. Exported with export approval licence of the Israel Antiquities Authority.
 
See our blog post about collecting oil lamps