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CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN BRONZE OIL LAMP
Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.
In the form of the head of a boar, the snout forming the upturned nozzle, the nostrils indicated, the recessed eyes with thick flaring lids, the hinged lid in the form of a palmette emerging from a tuft of hair, the curled tail forming the ring handle below the knobbed palmette thumbrest, on a raised ring foot
5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm) long
Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.
In the form of the head of a boar, the snout forming the upturned nozzle, the nostrils indicated, the recessed eyes with thick flaring lids, the hinged lid in the form of a palmette emerging from a tuft of hair, the curled tail forming the ring handle below the knobbed palmette thumbrest, on a raised ring foot
5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm) long