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LOT 0571
Roman Bronze Votive Statue Leg
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
5 in. (435 grams, 12.9 cm).
Modelled as the lower left leg with anatomical detailing, sprue to the foot.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 0571
Roman Bronze Votive Statue Leg
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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Opening Bid: £50
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Roman Terracotta 'Favsti' Oil Lamp
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An impressive oil lamp with rounded body and long nozzle with volute scrolls, deep discus with concentric circles and radiating lines emphasising the depth, loop handle beneath the leaf-shaped reflector; maker's marks 'FAVSTI' on the base. 443 grams, 31.9 cm
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Donald Bailey (curator emeritus at the British Museum) believes that the workshop of 'FAVSTI' oil lamps was Italian in origin, later relocating to Petra and Egypt. A large quantity of these oil lamps were also found in Cyprus including those of the Cesnola Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
