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LOT 0654
Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp with Leaping Ibex
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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