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LOT 0899

Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp with Bust of Sol

CIRCA MID 1ST CENTURY A.D.

3 3/8 in. (54 grams, 84 mm).

Mould made, filling-hole to the centre, slim ogival nozzle with simplified shoulder-volutes, discus iconography a bust of Sol with seven rays
radiating from his head, base with one circular groove and impressed Greek letter H (capital eta).

Provenance

From a 1990s German collection.
Ex London, UK, gallery.

Literature

Cf. Bussière, J., Lindros Wohl, B., Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 2017, nos.244, 249, for the type and the iconography.

Footnotes

The lamp belongs to the Loeschke type V (Bailey type C), group without handle. The main difference of this group from the Loeschke type IV is the shape of the volutes decorating the nozzle. They are called ‘shoulder-volutes’ because they end the lamp’s shoulder that they prolong. The decorative motif is Sol with radiate nimbus, already visible on these lamps and other Roman artworks in mid 1st century A.D.

CONDITION

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LOT 0899

Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp with Bust of Sol

Sold for (Inc. bp): £117

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