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LOT 0665

Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp with Figure

1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

4 1/8 in. (80 grams, 10.5 cm).

Comprising a shallow discus framed by concentric lines, low-relief image of a standing male reaching for a bowl with his right hand whilst supporting himself by grasping a low pillar with his left hand, filling hole flanking the pillar; volute to each side of the nozzle; maker's mark 'SVRIEPII'.

Provenance

Acquired on the European art market, 1980s.
English private collection.

Literature

See The Getty Museum, inv.no.83.AQ.377.113, for the type in Bussière, J., Lindros Wohl, B., Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 2017, nos.236,238, pp.159-160, type Loeschcke IV; Bailey B group IV.

Footnotes

The period of activity of several well-known workshops—L M A D I E C , L M V N S V C , E R O T I S , G A B M E R C , and L M S V —is late Flavian to Trajanic, possibly Hadrianic.Based on this, we will not refer to the broader and too approximate dating given by Bailey to his group IV: Claudian to Trajanic.

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LOT 0665

Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp with Figure

Sold for (Inc. bp): £286

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