Roman Bronze Double-Spouted Oil Lamp

CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

4 in. (140 grams, 10.3 cm).

A hollow-formed bronze oil lamp with two scooped nozzles, a ring handle with a heart-shaped finial.

Provenance

London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.

Literature

Bailey, D.M., A catalogue of the lamps in the British Museum IV, Lamps of metal and stone, and lampstands, London, 1996, item Q 3623; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number: 00.13.10.

CONDITION

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