CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.

Details

A ROMAN TERRACOTTA OIL LAMP
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
4 ½ in. (11.4 cm.) long

Provenance

Haddad Family Collection, London.
Ars Amatoria: The Haddad Family Collection of Ancient Erotic and Amuletic Art, Christie's, New York, 17 December 1998, lot 57.

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Lot Essay

The discus of this lamp features a standing hunchback, shown nude but for a mantle wrapped around his left shoulder and waist, with his phallus extended below. He holds a phallic-form rhyton in his right hand.

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