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CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
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SEVEN ROMAN TERRACOTTA OIL LAMPS
circa 1st-2nd century a.d.
Including one black-slipped, the discus molded with a lovemaking scene, the man kneeling on the left, the woman on her knees, bent forward and supported on her arms; one black-slipped, the discus molded with a figure of Mercury; one red-slipped, the discus molded with a lovemaking scene, the male reclining to the left, the woman straddling him, her knees bent as she lowers herself upon him, his left arm lifted and holding an unidentified implement above; one red-slipped, the discus framed by a raised border of berries, molded with a lovemaking scene, the man standing on the right, facing left, leaning forward and holding the backside of the woman, his garment lifted, his erect phallus protruding, the woman leaning forward, her buttocks exposed from beneath her cloak, with a workshop signature on the base; one red-slipped, the discus molded with a bird, its wings outstretched, with a snake wrapped ournd its front leg and neck; one black-slipped, the discus molded with a grotesque figure bent forward, his exaggerated phallus and testicles projecting behind him; and one black-slipped, the discus molded with a lovemaking scene on a bed, the male on the left kneeling and facing his partner, the woman reclining to the right, raised up on her elbows, her leg lifted to receive her lover
4.1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) long for the first (7)
circa 1st-2nd century a.d.
Including one black-slipped, the discus molded with a lovemaking scene, the man kneeling on the left, the woman on her knees, bent forward and supported on her arms; one black-slipped, the discus molded with a figure of Mercury; one red-slipped, the discus molded with a lovemaking scene, the male reclining to the left, the woman straddling him, her knees bent as she lowers herself upon him, his left arm lifted and holding an unidentified implement above; one red-slipped, the discus framed by a raised border of berries, molded with a lovemaking scene, the man standing on the right, facing left, leaning forward and holding the backside of the woman, his garment lifted, his erect phallus protruding, the woman leaning forward, her buttocks exposed from beneath her cloak, with a workshop signature on the base; one red-slipped, the discus molded with a bird, its wings outstretched, with a snake wrapped ournd its front leg and neck; one black-slipped, the discus molded with a grotesque figure bent forward, his exaggerated phallus and testicles projecting behind him; and one black-slipped, the discus molded with a lovemaking scene on a bed, the male on the left kneeling and facing his partner, the woman reclining to the right, raised up on her elbows, her leg lifted to receive her lover
4.1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) long for the first (7)