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A ROMAN BRONZE OIL LAMP
CIRCA LATE 3RD CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN BRONZE OIL LAMP
CIRCA LATE 3RD CENTURY A.D.
Circular in form with a rounded upturned nozzle, the discus open as a fill hole, encircled by a raised molding, the edges inlaid with a silver laurel wreath, the ring handle with a crescent surmounted by a bust of Minerva, the crescent inlaid in silver with four starbursts and a crescent moon, the goddess wearing a crested helmet, the peaked frontlet overlaid in silver, her finely-delineated hair center parted, her eyes inlaid in silver, her aegis fronted by a gorgoneion, on a raised lathe-turned foot
5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) long
CIRCA LATE 3RD CENTURY A.D.
Circular in form with a rounded upturned nozzle, the discus open as a fill hole, encircled by a raised molding, the edges inlaid with a silver laurel wreath, the ring handle with a crescent surmounted by a bust of Minerva, the crescent inlaid in silver with four starbursts and a crescent moon, the goddess wearing a crested helmet, the peaked frontlet overlaid in silver, her finely-delineated hair center parted, her eyes inlaid in silver, her aegis fronted by a gorgoneion, on a raised lathe-turned foot
5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) long
Provenance
James Coates, London.
London Art Market, 1988.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1988.
John Kluge Collection.
London Art Market, 1988.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1988.
John Kluge Collection.
Literature
C.C. Vermuele and J.M. Eisenberg, Catalogue of the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Bronzes in the Collection of John Kluge, New York and Boston, 1992 (unpublished), no. 88-105.
Brought to you by
G. Max Bernheimer
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