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LOT 0783
Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp with Running Dogs
2ND CENTURY A.D.
3 3/8 in. (48 grams, 85 mm).
Discoid in plan with short nozzle, broad shoulder, discus with frieze of four chasing hounds. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Bussière, J., Lindros Wohl, B., Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 2017, no.327, p.230, for type.
FootnotesThe lamp seems to belong to the type Bussière form D I 3, related to the Claudian to Trajanic period. Scholars collocated such lamps in this category due to the absence of a handle. They are all mould made, with a central filling hole and flat shoulders.
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