Lot Essay
For an oil lamp with the same scene see no. 96 in Johns, Sex or Symbol? Erotic Images from Greece and Rome. The author suggests that the scene represents a public performance by the dwarfs.
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CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN TERRACOTTA OIL LAMP
circa 1st century a.d.
Red-slipped with a voluted nozzle, the discus framed by three concentric rings, molded with a lovemaking scene with two dwarfs on a bed, the man reclining to the left, with his hand on her back, the woman straddling him, her knees bent as she lowers herself onto him, her head turned back toward her lover
3.7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) high
circa 1st century a.d.
Red-slipped with a voluted nozzle, the discus framed by three concentric rings, molded with a lovemaking scene with two dwarfs on a bed, the man reclining to the left, with his hand on her back, the woman straddling him, her knees bent as she lowers herself onto him, her head turned back toward her lover
3.7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) high