Hellenistic bronze oil lamp from the collection of Shlomo Moussaieff
Price: on request
Object number
AR2660
| Object: |
Oil lamp
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| Material: |
Bronze
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| Date: |
1st half 2nd century BC Hellenistic epoch |
| Description: |
Double convex body with long nozzle, central filling hole. The loop handle is created from two rings, joined at the bottom part. A snail shell shaped decoration is attached to each side of the handle, a lug between the handle and the filling hole allowed to attach a chain and to hang the lamp in antiquity. On the left shoulder a massive bronze decoration shaped as a duck. On the upper part of nozzle a leaf. Conical foot. |
| Size: |
Length 106 mm, width 54 mm, height 30 mm.
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| Condition: |
Very good condition, even fine details and decorations at body are well preserved. Part of the foot missing, a hole of about 1.5mm diameter in the body. Slight traces of corrosion which do not disturb the overall impression. Nice dark green patina.
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| References: |
Menzel, Antike Lampen im römisch-germanischen Zentralmuseum zu Mainz (1969) p. 112-113, Nr. 701 Abb. 93,5 Rosenthal-Sivan, QEDEM 8 - Ancient lamps in the Schlossinger Collection (1978) p. 156 Nr. 643 Published in Katalog antiker Öllampen der mediterranen Welt der Galerie Alte Römer |
| Provenance: |
Acquired 2018 at an auction of the Archaeological Center by Robert Deutsch, Israel. Consigned from the collection of the jeweler Shlomo Moussaieff (1923-2015), Herzliya Pituah, Tel Aviv, Israel. Exported from Israel with a permit of the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) Nr. 539062.
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| Authenticity: |
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