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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION
A ROMAN BRONZE OIL LAMP
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN BRONZE OIL LAMP
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
In the form of the head of an African, his hair arranged as individual short coiled tresses, those along his forehead forming the hinged lid, with a ridged m-shaped brow, wide articulated eyes, and a broad nose, the upturned nozzle emerging from his open mouth, with a ring handle and a high fanning palmette thumbrest, the stem foot flaring to the wide disk base
4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm.) high
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
In the form of the head of an African, his hair arranged as individual short coiled tresses, those along his forehead forming the hinged lid, with a ridged m-shaped brow, wide articulated eyes, and a broad nose, the upturned nozzle emerging from his open mouth, with a ring handle and a high fanning palmette thumbrest, the stem foot flaring to the wide disk base
4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 29 November 1989, lot 96.
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