LARGE ROMAN BRONZE OILLAMP

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LARGE ROMAN BRONZE OILLAMP

Pear-shaped body, recessed discus with three air holes in a central deepening groove, loop-shaped handle with terminal in form of lion’s head sprouting out of a two-fold calyx, almond-shaped base

Ex priv. coll. K. V., Germany, acq. before 2000
Dim. 15 x 20,5 cm. Green and red brown patina. Intact

1st cent. AD

Cf. T. Szentléleky, Ancient Lamps, Budapest 1969, nr. 284 var.