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Roman bronze lamp in the form of a sandalled foot Roman bronze lamp in the form of a sandalled foot
ROMAN BRONZE LAMP IN THE FORM OF A SANDALLED FOOT

Wearing a leather caliga and the big toe serving as the nozzle; a curved palmette handle rising from the heel.
Cf. similar lamp in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, published in M. Bertoletti, et al., Riflessi di Roma, pp. 174-75, no. 487.

Ex J.C. collection, California.

Ca. 2nd Century AD

L. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm.)

Art of the Ancient World, 2010, no. 76
SMQ02
$7,500


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