Roman oil lamp - hen with chicks
€390
available
Object number
AR3411-15
| Object: |
Oil lamp
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| Material: |
Brown clay with a light reddish-brown slip.
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| Date: |
End of 1st till 3rd century A.D. Roman Empire |
| Description: |
Lamp with heart-shaped nozzle. The rim is decorated with a laurel wreath. On discus a hen to the left with four chicks around it. Base with four concentric rings und a raised point in the middle.
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| Size: |
Length 108 mm, width 76 mm, height 46 mm.
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| Condition: |
Perfectly preserved, merely tiny chips on the surface in the direction of the nozzle.
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| References: |
Type: comparable with Rosenthal-Sivan, QEDEM 8 - Ancient lamps in the Schlossinger Collection (1978) p. 44 Nr. 176 Discus iconography: Similar to Rosenthal-Sivan, QEDEM 8 - Ancient lamps in the Schlossinger Collection (1978) p. 89 Nr. 364 |
| Provenance: |
Acquired by us in 2023 from the German family collection of E. K. Inherited in 2022
from the parents, August and Erna Rinner, who in turn inherited the lamp collection from the grandparents, Wilhelm and Erna Eichheim. Wilhelm Eichheim received the objects between 1925 and 1935 as compensation for his work as a master metalsmith. The objects were listed by Erna Rinner in an antiques list she compiled around 1970, which was apparently based, among other things, on notes by Wilhelm Eichheim. Tunisia is listed there as the country of origin. Mr. Eichheim must have learned this information when he received the lamps in Germany, as he himself had never traveled to Tunisia. |
| Authenticity: |
We unconditionally guarantee the authenticity of every artefact, all items are subject to our lifetime return policy on authenticity.
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