Roman and Later Terracotta Oil Lamp Collection

CIRCA 1ST-19TH CENTURY A.D.

2 1/2 - 5 1/2 in. (823 grams total, 6.2-13.9 cm).

Comprising nine lamps, including one with a wreathed profile bust, one with a man and a horse, one with the handle formed as a bearded head, one with a cross, and others. [9]

Provenance

From an important collection of lamps, Germany, 1970s.

Literature

Cf. for similar examples Bussière, J. & Lindros Wohl, B., Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 2017, no.130 (Loeschcke I C); 281 (Loeschcke VIII; Bussière form D I 3); 301 (Loeschcke VIII; Bussière form D II 1, made between 1870 and 1945); no.462 (Loeschcke XIV); no.493 (Atlante X; Hayes II A); Hayes, J.W., Ancient Lamps in the Royal Ontario Museum I, Toronto, 1980, nos.475,545 (Egyptian Lamp Type); pls.62-63 (Plastic Lamps); Djuric, S., The Anawati Collection, Ancient Lamps from the Mediterranean, Toronto, 1995, no.C159, p.55, for the type; Walters, H.B., Catalogue of the Greek and Roman Lamps in the British Museum, London, 1914, p.20, no.121.

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