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LOT 0178
Roman Terracotta Lamp with Griffin
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
4 1/8 in. (59 grams, 10.5 cm).
Discoid body and sunken discus with bas-relief advancing winged goat, D-shaped nozzle with impressed pellets flanking; maker's stamp to base 'MNOVIVST'
Provenancewith Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel, Switzerland, 1974.
Swiss private collection.
Mr F. collection, Los Angeles, acquired in 2005.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. lamp with similar maker's stamp in the BritIsh Museum under accession no.1905,0520.157.
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