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LOT 0519

Estimate
GBP (£) 400 - 600
EUR (€) 460 - 690
USD ($) 540 - 800

GREEK TERRACOTTA OIL LAMP WITH SILENUS
4TH CENTURY B.C.
3 7/8 in. (31.8 grams, 99 mm).

With circular body and raised rim, round central filling-hole with wave-pattern to the discus; long nozzle with lozengiform finial; mask of Silenus to the neck.

PROVENANCE:
Acquired on the German art market, 1989-1995.
with The Museum Gallery, 19 Bury Place, London, WC1, UK, 1998-2003.
Property of a London based academic, 2003 to present.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

LITERATURE:
See Bussière, J., Lindros Wohl, B., Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 2017, no.16, p.18, for type.

CONDITION
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