Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp with Kneeling Gladiator

1ST CENTURY A.D.

4 in. (45 grams, 99 mm).

Discoid in plan with low-relief tiered decoration on the shoulder, profile kneeling gladiator to the discus, volute nozzle, concentric circles on the base. [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

See Bussière, J. & Lindros Wohl, B., Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 2017, no.17, for type (Howland type 40 A).

CONDITION

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