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LOT 0179
Roman Terracotta 'Favsti' Oil Lamp
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
12 1/2 in. (443 grams, 31.9 cm).
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.
Provenance
From the private collection of Ambassador G.P., no.126, before 1965.
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Footnotes
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.
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