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LOT 0809
Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp with Minerva Standing
2ND CENTURY A.D.
3 5/8 in. (73 grams, 93 mm).
Discoid in plan with short nozzle, broad shoulder, discus with frieze depicting a standing female figure with head turned to her right, holding a cornucopia in her left hand, objects in the field; accretion to underside. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Bussière, J., Lindros Wohl, B., Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 2017, no.327, p.230, for type.
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