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LOT 0123

Roman Terracotta Double Oil Lamp with Reflector

LATE 1ST CENTURY A.D.

7 3/4 in. (139 grams, 19.5 cm wide).

A pottery lamp with triangular ornament handle with palmette above and acanthus leaves below, plain ring behind, concave discus with central filling-hole, two double-volute round tipped nozzles with conspicuous knobs, flat base-ring marked off by two circular grooves.

Provenance

From a 19th century German collection.
Acquired in the 1990s.
Ex London, UK, collection.

Literature

See Bussière, J., Lindros Wohl, B., Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 2017, p.112, no.157 and 160, for the type.

Footnotes

This lamp belongs to the classification of Loeschcke type III (Bailey type D). The type is characterised by a handle ornament that is either figurative or in the shape of a crescent, with decorated triangle, or two-lobed bud; and a usually round-tipped volute-nozzle, exceptionally with angular tip. Lamps may have one or two, or sometimes more nozzles. This type is typical of the Late Neronian-Flavian period.

CONDITION

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LOT 0123

Roman Terracotta Double Oil Lamp with Reflector

Sold for (Inc. bp): £715

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