Romano-British Bronze Oil Lamp

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.

8 in. (896 grams, 20.5 cm).

Hollow-formed piriform lamp with D-shaped nozzle and small spout, recessed upper face with three piercings, swept handle formed as the neck of a goose with floral lobes and raised linear detailing. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Bath, UK.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

Literature

Cf. Hayes, J.W., Greek, Roman and Related Metalware in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1984, item 210.

CONDITION

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