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PROPERTY FROM THE LEO MILDENBERG COLLECTION OF ANCIENT ANIMALS
A ROMAN TERRACOTTA OIL LAMP
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN TERRACOTTA OIL LAMP
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Red-slipped, molded with a reclining dog, its head turned to its right, its tail raised, the fur delineated throughout, on an integral oval plinth, the nozzle projecting from its chest, the fill hole at the center of its back, a suspension loop behind its neck
3½ in. (8.9 cm.) long
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Red-slipped, molded with a reclining dog, its head turned to its right, its tail raised, the fur delineated throughout, on an integral oval plinth, the nozzle projecting from its chest, the fill hole at the center of its back, a suspension loop behind its neck
3½ in. (8.9 cm.) long
Literature
A.S. Walker, ed., Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Part III, Mainz am Rhein, 1996, no. 126.