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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ALAN DERSHOWITZ AND CAROLYN COHEN
A ROMAN BRONZE OIL LAMP
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN BRONZE OIL LAMP
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
The circular lamp with twin voluted nozzles with heart-shaped spouts, the fill hole within the recessed tondo, encircled by a raised molding, the handle terminating in a calyx from which emerges a lion protome, with the forepaws outstretched, the fur and mane incised, the mouth open, on a raised disk foot
6 in. (15.2 cm.) long
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
The circular lamp with twin voluted nozzles with heart-shaped spouts, the fill hole within the recessed tondo, encircled by a raised molding, the handle terminating in a calyx from which emerges a lion protome, with the forepaws outstretched, the fur and mane incised, the mouth open, on a raised disk foot
6 in. (15.2 cm.) long
Provenance
with Hurst Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1993.
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