Roman Terracotta Lamp Handle with the Bust of the God Jupiter-Serapis

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.

4 5/8 in. (152 grams, 11.8 cm).

A large hollow-formed triangular handle from a lamp, with a low-relief bust of a bearded Jupiter-Serapis wearing a crown on a globe, a smaller globe with a star on each side. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the Puys-Aubert collection, March 1963, for 10 shillings.
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.

Accompanied by an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton, collection no.100.

CONDITION

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