Roman oil lamp with lion
€345
available
Object number
AR3411-11
| Object: |
Oil lamp
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| Material: |
Yellowish clay, unglazed.
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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 lion to right, head frontal, attacking a mule.
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| Size: |
Length 107 mm, width 82 mm, height 44 mm.
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| Condition: |
Several cracks on the bottom which expand up to the nozzle. These have been stabilized with adhesive. The top side features a beautifully preserved motif in the mirror.
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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: Vgl. Bussiere and Lindros Wohl, Ancient lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum (2017) Nr. 91. |
| 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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