Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp with Figure Carrying an Amphora

2ND CENTURY A.D.

4 1/8 in. (53.1 grams, 10.5 cm).

Shallow discus with an advancing figure in profile supporting an amphora, wide shoulder, ribbed lug handle to the rear, stamped 'MNOVIVST' maker's mark to the underside. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.

Literature

Cf. Bussière, J., Lindros Wohl, B.,Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 2017, no.329, p.231, for type.

Footnotes

The lamp belongs to the Bussière type, form D I 3, from a period between the Late Flavian era to the second half of the second century A.D. Like the types of this category, the ring handle shows two grooves on the upper part and the filling hole is in the lower part.

CONDITION

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