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LOT 0789
Roman Ceramic Oil Lamp Group
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 - 3 5/8 in. (176 grams total, 84-92 mm).
One with lug handle to rear, discus with filling hole and central panel with high-relief standing figure holding a bow, radiating border to the shoulder; basal ring; one squat with drum-shaped body. D-shaped nozzle, single lateral lug, flared base. [2]
Provenance
Private UK collection.
Acquired in the 1980s.
Property of a Cambridgeshire gentleman.
Literature
Cf. Bussière, J., Lindros Wohl, B., Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 2017, no.526, for type.
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