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LOT 0525
Romano-Egyptian Terracotta Frog Lamp
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (86 grams, 77 mm).
Ovoid-shaped and biconvex in section, decorated with a frog design; impressed palmette maker's mark to the base [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a late Tavistock, Devon, UK, gentleman, formed from the 1990s.
LiteratureSee Bussière, J., Lindros Wohl, B., Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 2017, p.366, for the type.
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