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LOT 0165
Elaborate Roman Bronze Oil Lamp with Lion Mask
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
9 1/8 in. (1 kg, 23.3 cm).
Substantial hollow-formed drum-shaped body with waisted nozzle, lateral integral lion-mask, stepped discus with leaf detailing, pelta-shaped reflector plate to rear with lateral wreath detailing and palmette motif; three-bar caged handle beneath.
ProvenanceAcquired on the German art market in 1987.
Ex Gorny and Mosch, 18 December 2013, no.502.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12346-225410.
Cf. Walters, H.B., Catalogue of the Greek and Roman Lamps in the British Museum, London, 1914, plate VII, no.59; plate VIII, no.63, for similar; Bailey, D.M., A catalogue of the lamps in the British Museum, IV, Lamps of metal and stone, and lampstands, London, 1996, no. Q3639, for the typology.
FootnotesThis lamp belongs to the typology of ‘rounded bodies and volute spines’, typical of 1st or early 2nd century A.D. These lamps had fairly shallow and round-walled oil-chambers with long flat-topped nozzles with splayed tips (here very shallow). The majority of these lamps are of Italic manufacture, and similar have been found in Pompeii (see lamp in Ashmolean Museum ANFORTNUM B.186).
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LOT 0165
Elaborate Roman Bronze Oil Lamp with Lion Mask
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500€2,900 - 4,060 (for guidance only)$3,380 - 4,730 (for guidance only)
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Roman Ceramic Vessel and Sherd Group
Mainly 1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Including ribbed ceramic bottle, fragments of sidewall with ribbing, applied swirl detailing and other types. 324 grams total, 2.4-11.7 cm
From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent. -
Roman Lead Figure of Aphrodite Holding a Severed Swan's Head
1st-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Modelled in the round nude and and raising her right arm, holding the neck of the swan (her animal attribute); left arm descending towards her pubis, legs in contrapposto stance; gusseted drum-shaped base; repaired. 327 grams, 19.5 cm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection since the late 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12099-218223.
Although the presence of the swan in this position is rather rare, iconographically, this image is part of the abundant series of statuettes of Aphrodite/Venus widely distributed during the Roman Imperial era. -
Roman Blue Glass Flask with Trail
3rd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Piriform in profile with slight dimple to base, squat body, tubular neck with flared and rolled mouth; fine applied spiral trail from shoulder to base. 8 grams, 62 mm
From an important London, UK, collection, 1970-1990s.
