Hellenistic oil lamp manufactured in Asia Minor
Price: on request
Object number
AR2938
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Oil lamp
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| Material: |
Dark clay with dark slip
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| Date: |
2nd - first half 1st century B.C. Hellenistic |
| Description: |
Lamp with biconvex body and ribbon handle with one groove. Flat, slightly depressed discus with central filling hole and another small air hole at the lower side of discus. A circular ridge is separating the discus from the shoulder which is decorated with a festoon on each side. Medium length nozzle, flat circular plate around the wick hole. Human head in high relief on nozzle top, possibly a theater mask. Raised base ring.
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| Size: |
Length 106 mm, width 61 mm, height 46 mm incl. handle
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| Condition: |
Perfectly preserved
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| References: |
Bussiere and Lindros Wohl, Ancient lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum (2017) p. 44 Nr. 49 Published in Katalog antiker Öllampen der mediterranen Welt der Galerie Alte Römer |
| Provenance: |
Acquired 2017 from the German private collection Heimbach in which the plate was inherited from the German private collection of Mr. Karl Naske. Acquired by Mr. Naske in the 1960s - 1970s on the German art market.
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| Authenticity: |
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