Oil lamp with Mars, piece from same workshop exhibited in Getty Museum in LA
Price: on request
Object number
AR2994A
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Oil lamp
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| Material: |
Red clay with partially preserved dark slip
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| Date: |
Second half 1st - first quarter 2nd century A.D.br>
Roman Empire, Flavian to Trajanic
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| Description: |
Round oil lamp, long rounded nozzle with simplified shoulder-volutes. Slightly sunken discus, separated from the shoulder by two rings. The discus shows a frontal view of the bearded, helmeted Mars, his head turned to the right, holding a round shield on his left arm and a long spear in his right hand. Ring handle with two grooves on the upper part. Base marked off by one circular groove. Potter's incuse signature: L M V N S V C, beneath small circle.
A lamp from the same workshop is on exhibition in the J. P. Getty Museum. Manufactured in North Africa.
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| Dimensions: |
Length 111 mm, width 69 mm, height 44 mm
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| Condition: |
Perfectly preserved (slightly better than the lamp published in Getty Museum collection)
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| References: |
Type Loeschke V, Bailey C group IV A lamp from the same workshop (identical stamp and mirror scene) is published in Bussiere and Lindros Wohl, Ancient lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum (2017) p. 172 nr. 253 Published in Katalog antiker Öllampen der mediterranen Welt der Galerie Alte Römer |
| Provenance: |
Acquired 2017 in a British auction house, ex British private collection. Acquired in the collection 2006 at a Christie’s New York auction. Ex US-American private collection, acquired in the 1950s.
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| Authenticity: |
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