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Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
2ND CENTURY A.D.
4 1/8 in. (110 grams, 10.5 cm).
With a lug handle to the rear, discus with a leaping long-horned ibex within a concentric circle border; concentric circles to base; repaired.
PROVENANCE:
Acquired on the European art market, 1980s.
English private collection.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Bussière, J., Lindros Wohl, B., Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 2017, no.402, Loeschcke VIII; Bussière form D IX 2b.
FOOTNOTES:
This lamp belongs to the group of provincial African lamps with a plain shoulder and a heart-shaped nozzle. The shoulder form of the lamps (irrespective of African, Italic, or eastern place of manufacture or origin) varies widely. Some of them had undecorated shoulders, like our example. Discus decors include mythology, amphitheatre, daily life, animals (our example), geometric patterns and plain discus.
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