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LOT 0585
Roman Ceramic Oil Lamp with Gladiatorial Lion
2ND CENTURY A.D.
4 3/8 in. (112 grams, 11.2 cm).
Shallow discus with an advancing lion in relief, wide shoulder with linear decoration, lug handle to the rear, inked collector's number '320' on the base. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
See Bussière, J. & Lindros Wohl, B., Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 2017, no.347, p.243, for type (Loeschcke VIII; Bussière form D IV).
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