Lot Essay
For a similar example in the Denver Art Museum see no. 297 from Mitten and Doeringer, Master Bronzes
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A ROMAN BRONZE LAMP
Circa 1st Century A.D.
The elegant tear-shaped lamp with fill-hole in the form of a leaf, the stem incised, a circular hole for the wick at the end of the elongated spout, on a raised circular foot with a curving handle terminating in a theater mask, the eyes inlaid with silver, a palmette at the chin
7 1/2in. (19cm.) long
Circa 1st Century A.D.
The elegant tear-shaped lamp with fill-hole in the form of a leaf, the stem incised, a circular hole for the wick at the end of the elongated spout, on a raised circular foot with a curving handle terminating in a theater mask, the eyes inlaid with silver, a palmette at the chin
7 1/2in. (19cm.) long