Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp Collection

2ND-19TH CENTURY A.D.

1 3/4 - 6 3/4 in. (867 grams tptal, 4.5-17 cm).

Comprising eight lamps, including one with four nozzles and a crescentic reflector, one wth a bust of a young woman, and one with a five-petalled flower. [8]

Provenance

From an important collection of lamps, Germany, 1970s.

Literature

Cf. for similar examples Bussière, J. & Lindros Wohl, B., Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 2017, nos. 280 (Loeschcke VIII; Bussière form D I 3); 301 (Loeschcke VIII; Bussière form D II 1, made between 1870 and 1945); no.325 (Loeschcke VIII; Bailey O group i/ii; Bussière form D I 2); 478 (Ennabli 14 [Raqqada]; Deneauve XII); 500 (Atlante X; Hayes II B); 507 (Atlante XVI; Bussière form E VI 2); 560 (Bisi Ingrassia VII B; Bailey H); Rosenthal, R., Sivan, R., Ancient Lamps in the Schloessinger Collection, Jerusalem, 1978, fig.279 (Hayes type I52).

CONDITION

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