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ROMAN BRONZE LAMP IN THE FORM OF A THEATER MASK The grinning, bald, and beardlesss countenance forming the upper portion of the lamp, the mouth as the fill-hole, the opening for the wick is beneath his chin. Cf. R. Thouvenot, ‘Lampes en Bronze’, Publication du Service des Antiquités du Maroc 10, 1954, pp. 220-221, pl. 39, no. 3. Cf. J. Petit, Bronzes Antiques de la Collection Dutuit, Paris, Petit Palais, 1980, no. 66. Ex French collection. Ca. 2nd Century AD L. 4 3/8 in. (11 cm.) Art of the Ancient World, 2006, no. 59 BPP05 $7,500 Sales |
