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LOT 0666
Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp with Bull
2ND CENTURY A.D.
4 3/8 in. (120 grams, 11.2 cm).
Discoid in plan with D-shaped nozzle, lug handle, discus with low-relief image of bull advancing left, discus with radiating hatched lines; base recessed and bordered by two circular grooves, hatched band to base of nozzle. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Scottish gentleman’s collection, Glasgow, formed from the early 2000s.
Literature
Cf. Bussière, J., Lindros Wohl, B., Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 2017, no.333, p.233, for type.
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