Impressive massive Roman bronze oil lamp with bird
€1,300
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Object number
AR3102
| Object: |
Oil lamp with decorated lid
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| Material: |
Massive bronze with wonderful dark green patina
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| Date: |
3rd - 5th century A.D. Roman Empire - beginning Late Antiquity |
| Description: |
Round body with large filling hole. Flat ring eye handle with curved plate shaped as a leaf and crowned by a globe, attached to the handle by a wire hinge. Round lid with bird on top. Protruding round nozzle with roundels at each side. The bird possibly depicts a dove, a popular symbol among the early Christians, symbolizing the Holy Spirit. |
| Size: |
Length 116 mm, width 57 mm, height 69 mm.
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| Condition: |
Excellent condition, perfectly preserved oil lamp incl. lid and wire hinge. The decorated lid is slightly bent. Tiny hole in the nozzle, possibly restoration below the nozzle.
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| Reference: |
Bailey, A Catalogue of the Lamps in the British Museum IV (1996) Pl. 79.
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| Provenance: |
Acquired 2020 at a German auction house. Ex German Rhineland private collection R.M., acquired 1982 at Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, Germany (Auction 591, Lot 1490). An invoice from Kunsthaus Lempertz with description and photograph is preserved.
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| Authenticity: |
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