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LOT 0887
Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp with Goddess Fortuna
2ND CENTURY A.D.
3 1/8 in. (38 grams, 80 mm).
Discoid in plan with D-shaped nozzle, loop handle, discus with low-relief image of the Fortuna-Tyche with modius and rudder, standing and looking left; base marked off with two circular grooves.
Provenance
From the collection of Mr W.A. Stewart, Director of School of Arts and Crafts, Cairo, 1919-1929.
Acquired Christie's, London, Antiquities, Works of Art and Important Renaissance Bronzes, Plaquettes and Limoges Enamels, 8 July 1981, no.126 (part).
From a private Wiltshire, UK, collection.
Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Christie's catalogue page.
Literature
Cf. Bussière, J., Lindros Wohl, B., Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 2017, nos.327ss., p.230ff., 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.
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