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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.
In the form of a theater mask with exaggerated features, including heavy, high arching brows, wide eyes, pug nose and megaphone-like mouth as the fill hole, three plaits of hair falling on either side of the head, with a voluted nozzle, the ring handle surmounted by an ivy leaf, on a concave base
5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm) long
Circa 1st Century A.D.
In the form of a theater mask with exaggerated features, including heavy, high arching brows, wide eyes, pug nose and megaphone-like mouth as the fill hole, three plaits of hair falling on either side of the head, with a voluted nozzle, the ring handle surmounted by an ivy leaf, on a concave base
5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm) long
Provenance
Fortuna Fine Arts, Ltd., New York