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LOT 0822
Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp with Slave Holding an Amphora
2ND CENTURY A.D.
4 1/4 in. (84 grams, 10.8 cm).
Discoid in plan with broad D-shaped nozzle, loop handle, discus with low-relief image of a servus wearing a kilt supporting an amphora; maker's mark to underside '[....]VST'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From 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.
Literature
Cf. Bussière, J., Lindros Wohl, B., Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 2017, no.333, p.233, for type.
Footnotes
The lamp belongs to the Bussière type, form D I 3, from a period between the Late Flavian era to the second half of the second century A.D.
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LOT 0822
Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp with Slave Holding an Amphora
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
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