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PROPERTY OF PROFESSOR AND MRS. SID PORT
A ROMAN BRONZE OIL LAMP
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN BRONZE OIL LAMP
Circa 1st Century A.D.
Pear-shaped with a heart-shaped fill hole, the arching handle terminating in a horse-head finial emerging from acanthus leaves, well-modelled and naturalistically-rendered, with long mane and incised coat along the neck, the nostrils flaring and the mouth slightly open, on a raised ring foot
8¾ in. (22.2 cm) long
Circa 1st Century A.D.
Pear-shaped with a heart-shaped fill hole, the arching handle terminating in a horse-head finial emerging from acanthus leaves, well-modelled and naturalistically-rendered, with long mane and incised coat along the neck, the nostrils flaring and the mouth slightly open, on a raised ring foot
8¾ in. (22.2 cm) long
Provenance
Fortuna Fine Arts, Ltd., New York